Wedding chest (cassone)
| Accession Nr.: | 59.1837.1 |
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| Date of production: |
late 16th century
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| Place of production: | Italy |
| Materials: | walnut wood |
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| Techniques: | carved |
| Dimensions: |
height: 54,5 cm
length: 158,5 cm
depth: 57 cm
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Stands on two claw feet at the front two plain ones at the back. The bottom cornice is decorated with fan-motifs the front shows two herm pilasters: a man with a moustache and a woman with curly hair. The inner border of the plain panel is of plait decoration, that is, of intertwined ribbons. The top border is decorated with lines of stylized leaves. The square-shaped panels of the sides have iron handles in the middle. There used to be a smaller chest inside.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 13. (Vadászi Erzsébet)
