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    • Sgabello, ca. 1489–91
    Italian (Florence)
    Walnut, maple, ebony, ebonized wood, and fruitwood, traces of gilding and red paint

    58 x 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (147.3 x 42.5 x 41.9 cm)
    Fletcher Fund, 1930 (30.93.2)

    The coat of arms on the crest is that of Filippo Strozzi (1426–1491), head of a prominent Florentine banking family. In design it is closely related to a medal in the style of Niccolò Fiorentino (1430–1514), probably commissioned for the laying of the cornerstone of Filippo Strozzi's new palace in Florence on August 6, 1489.

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  • Nickel, Helmut. "Two Falcon Devices of the Strozzi: An Attempt at Interpretation." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 9 (1974).
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  • Sgabello, ca. 1489–91
    Italian (Florence)
    Walnut, maple, ebony, ebonized wood, and fruitwood, traces of gilding and red paint

    58 x 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (147.3 x 42.5 x 41.9 cm)
    Fletcher Fund, 1930 (30.93.2)