VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT CASSONE
Details
AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT CASSONE
ESSENTIALLY MID-16TH CENTURY, BOLOGNA
With raised rectangular top, the front centrally carved with griffins flanking a wreath of fruiting foliage, the sides carved with stop-fluting, on an incurved base carved with gadrooning on associated lion paw feet-28¾in. (73cm.) high, 69in. (175cm.) wide, 23in. (59cm.) deep
ESSENTIALLY MID-16TH CENTURY, BOLOGNA
With raised rectangular top, the front centrally carved with griffins flanking a wreath of fruiting foliage, the sides carved with stop-fluting, on an incurved base carved with gadrooning on associated lion paw feet-28¾in. (73cm.) high, 69in. (175cm.) wide, 23in. (59cm.) deep
Literature
H. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, Vol. I, New York, 1966, pg. 130, fig. 115