Lettuccio
Date16th Century
MediumCarved, inlaid, and gilded woods (mainly walnut)
Dimensions117 x 102 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (297.2 x 260.4 x 93.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1514
A lettuccio is a daybed, a precursor to the modern sofa, which also functioned as a storage container (its bench is hollow). Many were commissioned on the occasion of marriages, and along with the bed, the lettuccio was the most prominent and expensive piece of furniture in the camera (bedchamber). This elaborately carved example might have been commissioned to celebrate the mariage in 1508 of two prominent Florentine citizens, Filippo Strozzi and Clarice de’Medici. The families’ symbols, such as the Strozzi crescents, are present in the carving.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 05
c. 1790
ca. 1790
circa 1790-1800
late 18th Century
circa 20th century
18th century
c. 1725 - 1750