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Source Description
Chests such as this were made in pairs and presented to young women on the occasion of their marriage. They not only provided storage space in the home for clothing and personal effects, but could also be used as a bench to sit on. It was not uncommon for any one room in a Renaissance palace to have several. This chest was in Savoy Castle, near Verzuolo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy from the 1500s until 1922..
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Document identity
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118066
label
Cassone
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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118066
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object
title
Cassone
description
Chests such as this were made in pairs and presented to young women on the occasion of their marriage. They not only provided storage space in the home for clothing and personal effects, but could also be used as a bench to sit on. It was not uncommon for any one room in a Renaissance palace to have several. This chest was in Savoy Castle, near Verzuolo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy from the 1500s until 1922..
date
early 1500s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80012801
genreSpecific
Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 54.3 x 168.3 x 51.6 cm (21 3/8 x 66 1/4 x 20 5/16 in.)
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Italy, early 16th century
accession
1939.189
Source extras
tec
walnut, painted and gilded
tombstone
Cassone, early 1500s. Italy, early 16th century. Walnut, painted and gilded; overall: 54.3 x 168.3 x 51.6 cm (21 3/8 x 66 1/4 x 20 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.189
collection
Furniture
citations
citation
Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115
page_number
Mentioned: p. 94
creditline
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
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2026-05-29 06:06:50.317000
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118066
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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walnut, painted and gilded
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1
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0
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photo
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