Cassone, Italian (Tuscany, Florence or Siena)

By the end of the fourteenth century, the cassone, or chest, was the most sumptuous piece of furniture in the Italian household.(1) Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, a woman’s right to inherit property and resources from her parents and her husband diminished as society became more patriarchal

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The impressive Tuscan medieval villages, between the provinces of Florence and Siena

Cassone chest hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Tuscany Travel Guide, Monteriggione, Casole d'Elsa, Sovicille, Abbadia Isola and La montagnola senese

The Sienese School of painting

Cassone, Italian (Tuscany, Florence or Siena)

Cassone chest hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Cassone, Italian (Rome or Siena?)