Mandolin

Angelo Mannello American, born Italy

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684

This instrument is among the finest decorated mandolins made in the U.S., where the Neapolitan mandolin, mostly played by Italian immigrants, became a fad between about 1880 and 1930. Angelo Manello emigrated from Italy in 1885 and established a mandolin factory in New York that in the early 1900s employed up to seventy-five makers, including artists for the decorative work. This instrument has a body of thirty-two fluted birds-eye maple ribs as well as mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell veneers.

Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American

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Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American
Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American
Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American
Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American
Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American
Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American
Mandolin, Angelo Mannello (American, Morcone, Italy 1858–1922 New York), Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, metal, American

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