Definition of Cassones

1. cassone [n] - See also: cassone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassones

cast
cast-iron
cast-iron plant
cast-off
cast-off(a)
cast a chill
cast a pall
cast a shadow
cast about
cast accounts

Literary usage of Cassones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Florence, the New Capital of Italy by Charles Richard Weld (1867)
"Cuirasses of Aluminium—Ecclesiastical Vestments—Dante's House—Mediaeval Furniture—cassones—Curious Coverlet—Old Pianos—Salvator Rosa's Harpsichord. ..."

2. Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education (1863)
"App. carved wood. Caskets and Coffers. Leather work xv. cassones. Panels of cassones. App. Furniture. Chairs. App. Leather work. Chairs. Furniture xiv. ..."

3. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1904)
"... and dated 1680 (Charles II. period), and no less than ten Italian cassones or marriage coffers decorated in different styles, either with wood carving, ..."

4. The Art of the Prado: A Survey of the Contents of the Gallery, Together with by Charles S. Ricketts (1907)
"... who saw in those first playful pictures and paintings for virginal cases and cassones, taken from romances and from Ovid, a manifestation of a new mood ..."

5. Ideals in Art: Papers--theoretical--practical--critical by Walter Crane (1905)
"... in the Victoria and Albert Museum, where also choice examples of gesso work may be found in picture and mirror frames, and gilded coffers or cassones. ..."

6. The Art of the Prado: A Survey of the Contents of the Gallery, Together with by Charles S. Ricketts (1907)
"... who saw in those first playful pictures and paintings for virginal cases and cassones, taken from romances and from Ovid, a manifestation of a new mood ..."

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