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

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ClassificationsFurniture

Collections

Europe

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.