cassone

American  

[kuh-soh-nee, kahs-saw-ne] / kəˈsoʊ ni, kɑsˈsɔ nɛ /

noun

plural

cassoni

1. a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.

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Etymology

Origin of cassone

1880–85; < Italian, equivalent to cass ( a ) box ( see case ²) + -one augmentative suffix

Example Sentences

The second piece is a panoramic picture of a procession in Ancient Rome that once was a panel of a cassone, an expensive chest for clothes and domestic items.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2015

There are Italian cassone, papal chairs, a chemin�e of Francis the First.

From Time Magazine Archive

The beautifully carved walnut cassone was made in 1514 for a marriage which united two Sienese families, the Piccolomini and the del Golia.

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Breck, Joseph

The Florentine cassone is ornamented with gilded, low reliefs in “pastille.”

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Breck, Joseph

The three screens carry four pictures—two long and narrow, evidently panels from a cassone; the others quite small.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry