Gianfranco Frattini For Cassina
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Nickel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Glass, Wood
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Wood
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Smoked Glass, Wood
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Stainless Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Leather
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
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Formica, Wood
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Sofas
Chrome
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Chrome
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Fabric, Rubber, Wood
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Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Sofas
Chrome
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Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Laminate, Wood
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
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Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Sofas
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Lounge Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Glass, Wood
Antique 1650s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
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Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Armchairs
Chrome
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Leather, Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Chrome
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
20th Century Italian Chairs
Leather
Vintage 1960s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
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Leather, Wood, Ash
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Chrome
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Laminate, Wood
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Laminate, Beech
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Leather
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Chrome, Steel
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Faux Leather, Wood
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Beech
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Smoked Glass, Wood
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Leather
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Laminate, Wood
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Glass, Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Metal
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Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Chrome
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Formica, Rosewood
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Cotton, Walnut
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Gianfranco Frattini For Cassina For Sale on 1stDibs
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Gianfranco Frattini for sale on 1stDibs
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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