Wood and Glass Coffee Table, Italy circa 1970
View Similar Items
Wood and Glass Coffee Table, Italy circa 1970
About the Item
- Creator:Gianfranco Frattini (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 13.78 in (35 cm)Width: 29.93 in (76 cm)Depth: 29.93 in (76 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Brussels, BE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2265327972232
Gianfranco Frattini
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.
Find vintage Gianfranco Frattini furniture, lighting and decor on 1stDibs.
- Italian Coffee Table, Glass and Steel and Wood, 1970sLocated in Brussels, BEItalian coffee table, glass and steel and wood, 1970s.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsSteel
- Mid-Century Modern Italian Coffee Table, Wood and Glass, 1970sLocated in Brussels, BEMid-Century Modern Italian Coffee Table, Wood and Glass, 1970sCategory
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass, Wood
- Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Wood and Chrome, Italy, 1970sLocated in Brussels, BEMid-Century Modern coffee table, wood and chrome, Italy, 1970s.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood
- Mid-Century Gianfranco Frattini Round Coffee Table, Teak and Glass, 1950sBy Gianfranco FrattiniLocated in Brussels, BEGianfranco Frattini Round Coffee Table, Teak and Glass, 1950sCategory
Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood
- Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Smoked Glass Modular Coffee Table, Italy, 1970sLocated in Brussels, BEMid-Century Modern chrome and smoked glass modular coffee table - Italy 1970s.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMetal
- Mid-Century Italian Swivel Coffee Table by Gianfranco Frattini, Italy, 1960sBy Gianfranco FrattiniLocated in Brussels, BEMid-Century Italian Swivel Coffee Table by Gianfranco Frattini, Italy, 1960sCategory
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood
- Spiralling Wood and Glass Coffee Table, circa 1970Located in Surbiton, GBA deep brown lacquered spiralling wood and glass coffee table after Vladimir Kagan’s snail table. The base is composed of 4 separate curved wooden co...Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass, Wood
- Wood and glass Coffee TableBy Gianfranco FrattiniLocated in Milano, LombardiaLow table In wood and glass.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass, Wood
- Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee Table Italy, 1970sBy Gianfranco FrattiniLocated in SAINT-OUEN, FRItalian Mid-Century Modern wood and glass top coffee low cocktail table. In the mood of Gianfranco Frattini, Knoll, Gio Ponti, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood, Glass
- Wood and Glass Coffee Table, Italy, circa 1960By Gio PontiLocated in Surbiton, GBItalian coffee table formed from a black painted wooden lattice frame with contrasting cherry wood detail and frosted glass top. Hints of Gio Ponti and Constructivist designs.Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsSmoked Glass, Wood
- Wood, Glass and Rubber 1970s Coffee TableBy BerniniLocated in Varese, LombardiaThis coffee table was designed and produced in Italy in the 1970s. It is made of beech with a thick glass top. Design based on Japanese furniture construction.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Japonisme Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsCut Glass, Beech
$1,070 Sale Price25% Off - Side Coffee Table in Wood, Chrome and Smoked Glass, Italy, 1970sLocated in Rome, ITAmazing side or coffee table with curved chrome legs and the base of the table is made of wooden beams on which the smoked glass surface rests. The chrome and the wood have some sign...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsChrome
