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Bench or cassapanca, decorated with pilasters and Ionic capitals, panels with pierced interlacing bands, framed by bands with intarsia
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bench of walnut with poplar wood interior. The corner stiles are decorated with slightly curved pilasters with filled cannelures at the top and Ionic capitals, which form the front of the raised side walls. The back wall is raised to the backrest. The front apron, the backrest and the inner side of the side partitions have elongated panels, decorated with punched braid and framed by bands in intarsia. The middle part of the seat serves as a lid. The side walls are flat on the outside.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBank of cassapanca, versierd met pilasters en Ionische kapitelen, panelen met gestoken vlechtband, omlijst door banden met intarsia. c. 1500 - c. 1525. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.