Gianfranco Frattini For Bernini Italian

Gianfranco Frattini Writing Desk

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Italian Rosewood Sideboard

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$5,531

H 35.83 in W 21.66 in D 27.17 in

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Gianfranco Frattini Desk

By Gianfranco Frattini

Located in Wargrave, Berkshire

Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy. Model # 530 desk in rosewood, designed 1957.

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Gianfranco Frattini Sideboard 503 for Bernini, 1960s

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H 28.75 in W 20.87 in L 28.75 in

Gianfranco Frattini Sideboard 503 for Bernini, 1960s

By Gianfranco Frattini, Bernini

Located in bari, IT

Rosewood sideboard with tambour doors designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy, 1957. A beautifully designed Mid-Century Modern sideboard with three vertical tambour doors.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

Materials

Rosewood

Italian Midcentury Rosewood Desk Mod. 530 by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini

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H 28.35 in W 51.19 in D 31.5 in

Italian Midcentury Rosewood Desk Mod. 530 by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini

By Bernini, Gianfranco Frattini

Located in Vienna, AT

This excellent Italian Midcentury rosewood writing desk has been designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy 1957, Modell No. 530.

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

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Gianfranco Frattini For Bernini Italian For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, rosewood and metal, every gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian was constructed with great care. Find 311 options for an antique or vintage gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern and modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian over the years, but those crafted by Gianfranco Frattini, Bernini and Cassina are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Gianfranco Frattini For Bernini Italian?

The average selling price for a gianfranco frattini for bernini Italian at 1stDibs is $5,309, while they’re typically $498 on the low end and $34,000 for the highest priced.

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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