Plural of cassone; multiple large decorative chests from Renaissance Italy, each typically a work of art featuring painted or carved embellishments.
Italian plural of cassone. In Italian, masculine nouns ending in -one typically pluralize to -oni, preserving the original Italian plural form in English.
When you see 'cassoni' in a museum label, you're looking at pieces that cost as much as houses when they were made—they're functional furniture elevated to high art by Renaissance creativity.
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