Cassone

Japanese: cassone
Cassone

…Many medieval chairs had a box-shaped seat with a lid, which indicates that the chest was the starting point of medieval chairs. In Renaissance Italy, decorative chests called cassones, which were lavishly carved and gilded, were made, and were particularly important as wedding furniture. In America, the chest was also the most important piece of furniture in the home. …

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Japanese:

…中世期の椅子の多くが座部に蓋付きの箱型をとりいれていることも,チェストが中世の椅子の出発点であることを示している。ルネサンス時代のイタリアでは豪華な彫刻に金鍍金(めつき)を施した〈カッソーネcassone〉とよぶ装飾用の櫃が作られたが,これはとくに婚礼用調度として重要なものであった。アメリカでもチェストは家庭で最も重要な家具であった。…

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