ENGLISH 11 Giuseppe’s appartement Giuseppe and Carolina’s bedroom knows as the “Red Bedroom” 1 1 This bedroom was completed in 1882, 2 3 the year of Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi’s marriage to Carolina of the important Borromeo family. The decoration, entirely based on the motif of lilies from the Bagatti Valsecchi coat-of-arms combined with three interwoven rings 9 10 from that of the Borromeo, appears throughout the room, for example on the doors, as well as on the nightstands, 6 armoire and glass-fronted cabinets. 8 4 These last three items were new kinds 7 5 of furniture at the time, but were designed by the brothers in the Renaissance style, so as not to break the house’s uniform presentation of the Panel paintings of S. John the Baptist Three precious coffers in wood and family’s ancient history. All these objects and S. Francis, by Bernardo Zenale, 1507. gilded plaster decorated with classical bear witness to the great artistic skill and mythological scenes, north-eastern Italy, One of the two Neo-Renaissance second half of the 15th Cen. of Lombard craftsmen at the end of the nightstands, a kind of furniture that th th 19 Cen. The lily and rings decoration did not exist in the 16 Cen. Collection of box-wood, bone and tortoise th also had been woven into shell combs, France, 15 Cen. Crucifix with niches for relics; attributed the rich wall hangings that no longer to a German workshop in Augsburg Processional cross in gilded copper, exist. Instead of reproducing the fabrics, of the beginning of the 17th Cen. Lombardy, beginning of the 14th Cen. which might have led to confusion Enameled copper cup and cover, Venetian, S. Giustina, panel painting, Giovanni Bellini between what is original to the house beginning of the 16thCen (lower shelf). (Venice, ca.1430-1516), ca. 1470 . and what has been restored, the original Two lustreware pine cone-shaped vases Children’s furniture made in northern Italy, ambiance has been suggested by made in Deruta towards the beginning from the end of the 16th to the beginning the tones of the wall paint. of the 16th Cen (upper shelf). of the 17th centuries. The bedroom was designed by the brothers to be sumptuous in both its decoration and furnishings. The former include the splendid 16th Cen carved pine ceiling that probably came from the Franco residence in Cremona; the frieze running along the walls (an original sixteenth Cen fresco integrated in the late 16th Cen with portions in tempera); and the elegant door jambs in black marble and sandstone. Such decorations create an appropriate setting for the exquisite early 17th Cen Sicilian matrimonial bed in gilded wrought iron and for the painting of S. Giustina by Giovanni Bellini (circa 1470). The doors originally led to the dressing rooms, bathrooms and back stairs, which are not open to the public. The stairs led to the nanny’s and 12 11 10 8 7 6 9 children’s quarters overhead, so the 13 5 4 children could visit their mother without creating chaos in the rest of the house; 17 2 3 such practical and socially derived 15 14 16 1 divisions of household foot traffic were common. Fausto’s apartment Giuseppe’s apartment Common areas ENGLISH 11 Giuseppe’s appartement Giuseppe and Carolina’s bedroom knows as the “Red Bedroom” Spinning wheel in turned wood with a corn Genova, beginning of the 16th Cen (n.823) cob motif, Italy, 17th Cen (n.654) · trunk-shaped coffer, wood faced with ivory plaques, 19th Cen (?) (n.742) “Savonarola chair”, Italy, 19th Cen (n.170) · gilded copper box with floral motifs and coral insets, Trapani, 17th Cen (n.820) Spinning wheel in turned wood with From left to right, row on bed side: ornamental motifs in relief, Italy, 17th Cen (?) · finely inlaid little coffer, wood and ivory, (n.652) northern Italy, mid 15th Cen (n.744) · wooden box decorated with ivory and straw, Chest with “bambocci” (chubby children), Italy, 17th Cen (n.714) 17th Cen, restored in the 19th Cen (n.74) · little coffer, wood, iron, horn and bone, From left to right: decorated with geometrical and naturalistic · bronze candlestick, Italy, 17th Cen (n.269) motifs, central Italy (?), end of · small trunk in wood, metal and velvet, Italy, the 16th Cen (n.740) 18th·19th Cen (n.247) · cabinet with “bambocci”, 17th Cen, Folding “Savonarola chair” with a heraldic restored in the 19th Cen (n.75) shield on the back, Italy, 19th Cen (n.223) · bronze candlestick, Italy, 17th Cen (n.294) · small trunk in wood, metal and velvet, Italy, Display cabinet in walnut, Milan, Innocente 19th Cen with 17th Cen fragments (n.924) Cattaneo, 1885 (n.71) Nightstand, Milan, Innocente Cattaneo, From left to right, top row at the back: 1885 (n.65) Wooden skein-winder with baluster · boxwood comb with pierced decorations, From left to right: decorations on the shaft, Italy, 17th Cen (n.653) France, end of the 15th Cen (n.796) · small trunk in wood and brass, 17th Cen (?) · tortoise shell comb decorated with (n.716) Display cabinet in walnut, Milan, Innocente naturalistic motifs, France, end of · crucifix in brass and glass paste, France, Cattaneo, 1886 (n.70) the 15th Cen (n.799) first half of the 16th Cen (n.703) From left to right, top shelf: Middle row at the back: · candlestick with clasp for wick, iron, folk art, · pine cone·shaped majolica vase with · boxwood comb with pierced decorations, Italy, 18th Cen (n.643) lustreware glaze, Deruta, first half France, end of the 15th Cen (n.798) · two brass candlesticks with circular bases of the 16th Cen (n.661) Bottom row, at back: and turned stems Italy, 18th·19th Cen · glass vase and lid, Venice or Tuscany, · ivory comb, Flanders (?), first half (nn.275,276) 17th Cen (n.543) of the 17th Cen (n.813) On the wall, above the nightstand, from left · pine cone·shaped majolica vase with · boxwood comb with elegant pierced to right: lustreware glaze, Deruta, first half decorations, France, end of the 15th Cen · rosary in silver and ivory, end of 17th Cen (n.919) of the 16th Cen (n.660) (n.797) · small altar, wood, ivory, Tuscany (?), From left to right, bottom shelf: · gilded copper processional cross, 19th Cen (n.690) · table clock in gilded brass, Augusta, Lombardy, 14th Cen (n.704) · gilded copper and iron stoup, Trapani, Nikolaus Schmidt the Younger, first decades From left to right, on the shelf: end of the 17th Cen (n.306) of the 17th Cen (n.707) · reliquary in gilded copper and glass, · little chest, copper and enamel, Venice, Lombardy, mid 16th Cen (n.696) Crib with a painted floral decoration, end of the 16th Cen (n.822) · embroidered gloves, Italy, mid 16th Cen (n.921) Lombardy (?), late 16th Cen (n.77) · copper and enamel cup and cover, Venice, · Madonna and Child, ivory, Trapani (?), beginning of the 16th Cen (n.655) 17th-18th Cen (n.803) Canopied bed in gilded iron with floral motifs, · gilded copper pyx, Lombardy, mid 16th Cen · private devotional plaque in bronze, Venice Sicily, 17th Cen (n.67) (n.701) or Lombardy, end of the 15th·beginning of the 16th Cen (n.807) Trunk in wood, iron and velvet, with coats Armoire carved with the Borromeo rings · bronze plaque with the Crucifixion, of arms and emblems of the Borromeo and and the Bagatti Valsecchi lilies, Milan, “il Moderno” (northern Italy, 16th Cen), Bagatti Valsecchi families, Milan, mid 16th Cen, Innocente Cattaneo, 1885 (n.69) ca. 1500 (n.808) restored in the 19th Cen (n.72) · container covered with worked and stamped Table with baluster, Italy, assembled leather, Italy, 19th Cen (n.763) Nightstand, Milan, Innocente Cattaneo, in the 19th Cen, includes fragments from 1885 (n.64) the 16th and 17th centuries (n.92) Collection of children’s furniture: From left to right: From left to right, row on window side: · child’s commode, Italy, 19th Cen · bronze candlestick, Italy, 19th Cen · wooden box with gilded plaster decorations with 16th·17th Cen fragments (n.313) in 17th Cen style (n.749) featuring mythological scenes, north·eastern · baby-walker, northern Italy, 16th·17th Cen (n.314) · reliquary in wood and gilded bronze, Italy, end of the 15th·beginning of the 16th · pair of small chairs, Italy, 16th·17th Cen Augsburg, beginning of the 17th Cen (n.657) (n.754) (n.311,312) · candlewick clip, folk art, Italy, 18th Cen (n.644) · wooden box with gilded plaster decorations · little chest, wood and brass, 17th Cen (n.715) featuring episodes from Roman history, Eight·drawer chest with figures of On the wall, above the bedside table, north-eastern Italy, end of the 15th·beginning “bambocci” (chubby children), Liguria, from left to right: of the 16th Cen (n.758) 17th Cen, restored 19th Cen (n.73) · ivory rosary, France or Flanders, 17th Cen · wooden box with gilded plaster decorations From left to right: (n.934) featuring episodes from Roman history, · small trunk in leather, iron, wood and paper, · ivory rosary terminating in a head of Christ, north-eastern Italy, last quarter of the France or Flanders, 15th Cen (n.599) Germany or France, 17th Cen (n.936) 15th Cen (n.789) · cabinet with “bambocci”, Liguria, · coral and gilded silver crucifix, southern From left to right, middle row: 17th Cen, restored in the 19th Cen (n.76) Italy, 17th Cen (n.819) · copper and enamel box with golden · little coffer in leather and iron, France · Dominican rosary, end of 17th Cen (n.937) decorations on a blue and white background, or Flanders, 16th Cen (n.596) Venice, 16th Cen (n.821) Cradle, Lombardy (?), 17th Cen, restored in the · box for Host wafers, ivory carved with relief High chair, northern Italy (?), 17th Cen, 19th Cen (n.68) decorations featuring religious subjects, restored in the 19th Cen (n.182) On the walls: S.