Long Center Table

The Italian origin of this table is confirmed by the carved coats of arms of the Giovanelli and Giovanelli de Noris families of Milan and Venice, respectively. However, its massive size, the use of square pillars and a longitudinal colonnade, and the animal masks at the ends of the feet are more typical of French furniture of the period (see, for example, 1916.5.84). This suggests that the French military incursions of the early sixteenth century resulted in French influence on northern Italian decorative arts.

Source: Vignon, Charlotte. The Frick Collection Decorative Arts Handbook. New York: The Frick Collection/Scala, 2015.

Giovanelli (?). Giovanelli de Noris (?). J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York. Duveen. Frick, 1915.

Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: Italian and French Renaissance, French 18th and 19th Centuries (Pt. I). Volume V. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.