. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. 747—Early Fourteenth Century Paduan Painted Cassone Boat-shaped, with arched hinged cover and side braces. Theentire cassone is covered with painted leatlier and the bodyis strapped with two bands of wronght iron. The front ispainted in a design of a central circular medallion with redground, surrounded by green, with a banded laurel-leaf wreathwhich encloses a shaped armorial shield. The ground
. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. 747—Early Fourteenth Century Paduan Painted Cassone Boat-shaped, with arched hinged cover and side braces. Theentire cassone is covered with painted leatlier and the bodyis strapped with two bands of wronght iron. The front ispainted in a design of a central circular medallion with redground, surrounded by green, with a banded laurel-leaf wreathwhich encloses a shaped armorial shield. The ground is dividedinto twelve stjuares of alternate con\entional wave patterndiaperings in red and white and A-shaped figures entwined withwhite looped ribbonings on blue ground. On molded cross-brace feet. Heicjht, Ki inches: Iciif/tli. 1 fn-t !) iiiclus; depth, 17 inches. This cassone is considered to be one of the earliest in being had as to its age, its state of preservation is re-markable. [Illustrated) 748—Fifteenth Century Florentine Carved ^VALNUT CassoneRectangular shape, with molded and carved hinged lid. Frontwith one long panel surrounded by a ribbon-bound band
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