cassone

/kuh-soh-nee; Italian kahs-saw-ne/US // kəˈsoʊ ni; Italian kɑsˈsɔ nɛ //

卡松,卡索内,卡索尼,卡森

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cas·so·ni [kuh-soh-nee; Italian kahs-saw-nee]. /kəˈsoʊ ni; Italian kɑsˈsɔ ni/.
- : a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.

The typical cassone measured about six feet in length by two in height and two in breadth.
The Italian marriage-chests (cassone) were also of a richness which was never attempted in England.
The three screens carry four pictures—two long and narrow, evidently panels from a cassone; the others quite small.
Painted probably to adorn the front of a cassone or marriage-chest.
It is possible he was alluding to these very cassone panels.