Catalogue of an exhibition of Florentine painting ... - Warburg Institute

FURNITURE 39
RIGHT OF MANTELPIECE
CASSONE, of walnut, sycamore, cypress, and other woods,
inlaid with
designs in panels and with leafy scrolls in black composition ; in
the centre of the front is an empty shield, supported by figures;
the base is carved with inverted nulling and the corners with
acanthus and masks.
Sixteenth century.
From the collection of the late Sir J. C. Robinson.
Lent by Ca.pt.
Langton Douglas.
WALNUT CHAIR, with turned frame and back, the seat covered with
crimson brocade.
Seventeenth century.
Lent by Col. L. C. R. Messel.
AGAINST EAST WALL
Two WALNUT CHAIRS, with turned frames and backs, the seats covered with
crimson brocade.
Seventeenth century.
Lent by Col. L. C. R. Messel.
IN THE RECESS
CASSONE, of carved and gilt wood resting on lion claw feet: in the
front and sides are set panels painted with the marriage of
Alexander and Roxana and the history of Apollo and Daphne. In
the inside of the lid is a figure of a reclining youth in Florentine
costume of the fifteenth century, with a background
of conventional
clouds and sunrays.
Length, 6 feet 8 inches. Height, 3 feet 4 inches. Width, 2 feet
9 inches.
See P. Schubring in The Burlington Magazine, vol. xxii, Jan.
I9 J 3> P- 196-
Lent by Viscount Lascelles, D.S.O.