cassapanca
WALNUT INTARSIA CASSAPANCA, FLORENTINE, 16TH C

Sold by Count Volpi to Otto Kahn: Collections from Davanzati Palace and Villa Pia (Catalog November 19 - 27, 2016, no. 430). Purchased by Norman Armitage at Parke Bernet sale, Brummer part III, June 8, 1949, item 346. Illustrated in

  • William M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, 1918, p. 87.
  • George Leland hunter, Italian Furniture and Interiors, 1920, Vol. II, pl. 133.

This bench is about 10' long and sits on its own plinth. It has 2 hinged lids. Intarsia banding and borders, stellate motif in panels.

It is much damaged as shown below.

cassapanca damage in back
cassapanca damage to lid of seat
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