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Marriage chest (cassone)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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