Siena 16th century Wedding chest of the Chigi family Carved and gilded walnut wood cm H 65 x W 170 x D 56 cm The Cassone Chigi, dating back to the mid-16th century and probably of Sienese manufacture, could be a wedding chest relating to the marriage between Mario Chigi (Siena 1511 - 1564) and Agnese Bulgarini, which took place in Siena in 1547. The presence of the Chigi della Rovere coat of arms, granted by Julius II to Agostino Chigi "the Magnificent" (Siena 1469 - Rome 1520) and to his brother Sigismondo Chigi (Siena 1470 - 1525), is the prerogative of the main branch of the family; passed by inheritance to the Roman branch of the family that descends from Sigismondo, being the son