SOLD Velvet Dining Chairs by Gianfranco Frattini

Italy 60s

Elegant set of 4 dining chairs in original green velvet upholstery by the famous Italian Designer Gianfranco Frattini for the Italian manufacturer Cantieri Carngati produced in the year 1964. The legs of the 4 dining chairs have a very beautiful curved form, which reflects the perfect Italian craftmanship. The velvet upholstery is still in good original condition and impressives with the special beautiful green of the 60s.

Gianfranco Frattini (1926 – 2004) a member of the generation that created the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s. Giò Ponti was one of his teachers and mentors. His collaboration with Cesare Cassina for his namesake company started in 1954, followed by collaborations with many other well known manufactures, such as Arteluce, Artemide, Bernini, Fantoni, Knoll and many others. Frattini won many professional awards and prizes, among the prestigious industrial design award Compasso d’Oro.