SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Marriage chest (cassone)

Marriage chest (cassone), ca. 1480–95, Poplar wood; painted and gilded gesso
Date
ca. 1480–95
Medium
Poplar wood; painted and gilded gesso
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 38 1/2 in. × 81 in. × 32 in. (97.8 × 205.7 × 81.3 cm)
Form
Case Piece
Culture
Italian, Florence or Lucca
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession
16.155
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1916
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