Cassone (Marriage Chest)
about 1470
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueWood; walnut
DimensionsOverall: 57.8 x 172.1 x 52.1 cm (22 3/4 x 67 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number54.1114
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceDr. Albert Figdor (b. 1843 - d. 1927), Vienna; June 11-15, 1930, posthumous Figdor sale, Cassirer, Berlin, lot 624, sold for M 5,500 to Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), Schloss Alt-Döbern, Niederlausitz (Germany), New York, and East Norwalk, CT [see note 1]; 1954, sold by Garbáty to the MFA for $1000. (Accession Date: November 9, 1954)
NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him.
NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him.
about 1475–1500
about 1600
around 1685-1700
Charles II with 20th century alterations
about 1680 or possibly early 19th century
early 18th century
