Gianfranco Frattini For Cassina

Frattini Glass

Frattini 780

Cassina Sofa Brown

Sesann Chair

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Materials

Steel

Cassina Set of 1960s 'Marema' Nesting Tables by Gianfranco Frattini

By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini

Located in Toronto, CA

Designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina in the mid-1960s, the Marema nesting tables are a standout example of Italian modernism.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Materials

Leather

Italian Designer, Lounge Chairs, Velvet, Wood, Italy, 1950s

On Hold|~~$8,900 / set~~

H 34.75 in W 29.25 in D 30 in

Italian Designer, Lounge Chairs, Velvet, Wood, Italy, 1950s

Located in High Point, NC

A pair of dark-stained wood and brown beige velvet lounge chairs designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. Dimensions: 34.75” x 29.25” W x 30” D Seat height: 15”

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

$5,850

H 31.25 in W 56 in D 28.5 in

Curvaceous Sofa by T. H. Robsjohn Gibbings Reupholstered In Your Fabric

By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.

Located in Atlanta, GA

Curvaceous Mid Century Sofa or Settee, designed by T. H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb, American, circa 1950s. This sofa is currently being refinished and reupholstered and can be ...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

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Gianfranco Frattini is widely regarded as a mid-century master of Italian modern design. He was an award-winning architect and designer, and specialized in creating furniture and decor that is both decorative and practical — Frattini’s vintage desks, armchairs, nesting tables and other works are celebrated for their sophisticated merging of function and form.

Born in Padua in 1926, Frattini studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He later apprenticed with his teacher and mentor, Gio Ponti. Through Ponti — arguably the most important figure in 20th-century Italian architecture and design — Frattini met many notable modernist designers such as Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier, but an introduction to famed Italian entrepreneur Cesare Cassina would prove incredibly significant in helping launch his career.

During the mid-1950s, Frattini began to collaborate with Cassina’s eponymous company. He designed the brand’s acclaimed leather and walnut Model 849 lounge chair — a winner of the Compasso d’Oro award — the Marema nesting tables and the iconic Sesann collection. The latter, an enduring 1970s suite of impossibly welcoming leather-covered seating, is now produced by Tacchini. In addition to Cassina, Frattini created furniture and lighting for other manufacturers such as Bernini, Arteluce, Artemide, Knoll and more.

While many of his designs incorporate glass, tubular steel and other materials, Frattini loved working with wood. The sculptural Albero bookcase — an innovative floor-to-ceiling structure made in walnut that swings on a 360-degree vertical swivel axis — is a striking example of Frattini’s dedication to traditional woodworking techniques. In the early 1970s, he traveled to Japan with friend and collaborator Pierluigi Ghianda — a master Milanese cabinet maker — in order to study the work of artisans in Kyoto. The trip inspired his design of the Kyoto table, a work of solid beech with Canaletto walnut inserts that is part of the permanent collection of the Milan Triennale’s Design Museum. The Kyoto and Albero have been revived by Poltrona Frau.

Frattini’s designs are in the permanent collections of prestigious museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

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