a typical place for such a cassone was in a chamber at the foot of a bed that was enclosed in curtains. such a situation is a familiar setting for depictions of the annunciation or the visitation of st. anne to the virgin mary. a cassone was largely immovable. in a culture where chairs were reserved for important personages, often pillows scattered upon the floor of a chamber provided informal seating, and a cassone could provide both a backrest and a table surface. the symbolic "humility" that modern scholars read into annunciations where the virgin sits reading upon the floor, perhaps underestimates this familiar mode of seating.