EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN EMBOSSED LEATHER CASSONE
Early 18th Century
Studded overall and with gilt decoration of rectangular strapwork panels with flowerhead fields and with flowering vases and floral swags, the domed hinged lid centred by a coat-of-arms, almost certainly those of Alamanno Salviati with a Bishop's hat, enclosing a beige cotton-lined interior, the rectangular body with iron ring-handles
52½ in. (133 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67 cm.)high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly Alamanno Salviati (d. 1733).

Lot Essay

The arms almost certainly correspond to those of Alamanno Salviati, (d. 1733) who was 'apostolic protonotar' of Urbino and was ordained cardinal in 1733.
The Salviati family became extinct with Cardinal Gregorio Salviati (d. 1794) but the name and titles of this family were taken by Prince Scipione Borghese, son of Prince Francesco Borghese and of Donna Anna Maria Salviati.

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