Cassone from partially painted poplar wood. Front with arabesques in grisaille on a blue ground, Cassone from partially painted poplar wood. The sawn-out base is decorated with grisaille tendrils on a blue ground. The slightly spherical curved front shows a rectangular field surrounded by a palmette border in gilded stucco. The field is painted with arabesques in grisaille on a blue ground, the left and right sides show a coat of arms within a gilt stucco wreath. The arabesques on the sides with iron handles have a golden yellow background. Lightly convex lid with red velvet., anonymous, Italy, 1500 - 1600, wood (plant material), poplar (wood), spruce (wood), iron (metal), gilding (material), stucco, velvet (fabric weave), gilding, h 58 cm × w 133 cm × d 46.5 cm
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Cassone, partially painted poplar wood, Front, arabesques, grisaille, blue ground, sawn-out base, decorated, grisaille tendrils, slightly spherical curved front, rectangular field surrounded, palmette border, gilded stucco, field, painted, left, right sides, coat, arms within, gilt stucco wreath, sides, iron handles, golden yellow background, Lightly convex lid, red velvet, Italy, 1500, 1600, wood, plant material, poplar, spruce, iron, metal, gilding, material, stucco, velvet, fabric weave
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