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Frattini 780

Vintage Nest of Tables Gianfranco Frattini 1926-2004 Model 780
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Buxton, GB
This vintage designer nest of three tables is a true antique piece designed by Gianfranco Frattini
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking ...

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Beech

Stunning Nesting tables 780 in rare red by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina Italy
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Stunning nesting tables (model 780) by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, 1960s. Still 100% original
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Set of four "780" coffee tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Italy 1960s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Argelato, BO
Set of 4 stackable coffee tables "Mod. 780" by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina This set of wooden
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stunning Nesting tables 780 in walnut by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Stunning modular nesting tables (model 780). Still 100% original. Very nice patinated walnut
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Gianfranco Frattini, Capri, Dining Table, Cassina, 1985
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Paris, FR
Gianfranco Frattini (1926-2004) Capri A dining table. The rectangular glass top supported on each
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables

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Nesting Tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Italy, 1966
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Set of four modular nesting tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Model 780. Crafted in 1966
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Gianfranco Frattini for Casina, Italy, 1966, early edition wooden nesting tables
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Meulebeke, BE
. This set of four modular nesting tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Model 780 is in a very good
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

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Formica, Wood

Set of Large Reversible Nesting Tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, 1960s
By Gianfranco Frattini, Cassina
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Gianfranco Frattini Producer - Cassina Model - Model 780 Nesting Tables Design Period
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

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Gianfranco Frattini per Cassina Walnut and Glass Coffee Cocktail Table, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
Set of 4 stackable coffee tables "Mod. 780" by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina These iconic coffee
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cut Glass, Walnut

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1960s Italian stacking tables "780" by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina. Made in Italy. Reversible
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Gianfranco Frattini '780' Nesting Tables for Cassina, circa 1960, Italy
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Nesting Tables Mod. 780 by Gianfranco Frattini, Cassina
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Set Nesting Tables '780' by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina 60s
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Midcentury Set of Reversible Stacking Tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina
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Vintage set of four stacking low tables (modelno 780, 1966) in Bordeaux red lacquered beechwood
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Frattini 780 For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the frattini 780 you’re looking for. A frattini 780 — often made from wood, laminate and beech — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect frattini 780 — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each frattini 780 bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Frattini 780?

Prices for a frattini 780 start at $1,380 and top out at $8,001 with the average selling for $3,180.

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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