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Marriage chest (cassone), ca. 1480–95, Poplar wood; painted and gilded gesso
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Marriage chest (cassone)

Maker unknown · 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)
Accession
16.155
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1916
Culture
Italian, Florence or Lucca
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