THE CORTIJO COFFEE TABLE   THE CORTIJO TABLE IS BROADLY INSPIRED BY SOUTHERN SPAIN, WHERE THE VILLARREAL FAMILY HELD A COUNTRY ESTATE COMPLETE WITH AN OLIVE ORCHARD. IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE EFFECTS OF THE HOUSE WERE DIVIDED AMONG THE FAMILY—EACH PIECE CARRYING A LEGENDARY AURA DUE TO ITS PROVENANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL CORTIJO.   AN APPRECIATION OF SPANISH DECORATIVE ARTS IS MOLDED INTO THE PIECE, THEIR DECONSTRUCTED APPLICATION SERVING AS AN ALMOST NARRATIVE ELEMENT: RECALLING THE DECAY OF THE COURTLY ERA. AS THE AGE OF NOBILITY HAS FALLEN, THE TRADITIONAL LIONINE LEG HAS BEEN APPROPRIATELY ABSTRACTED INTO DECOMPOSITION—TO EVOKE… Read more