cassoni
- plural of cassone.
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Miriam Schapiro, Brach's wife, shows a series of panels, similar in motif to Renaissance cassoni, or hope chests, in which she paints the fertility symbol of an egg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Florentine, Third Quarter of XV Century Richly ornamented cassoni to hold the bridal trousseau constitute an important class of Renaissance furniture.
From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Breck, Joseph
He made two large inlaid chests or cassoni, adorned with all the skill of a worker in tarsia, or wood-mosaic, and carried these with him to King Matthias Corvinus, of Hungary.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington
It is probable the furniture matched the style of the rooms, and that much money was spent on carved chairs and cassoni.
From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora
Pontormo painted beautiful cabinets and cassoni, and Granacci, Francesco d' Ubertini Verdi, called Bacchiacca, and Andrea were all employed on the walls.
From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora
