Set of 4 reversible nesting tables by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Italy 1960s

Italy / 1960 / set of 4 side tables / Cassina / Gianfranco Frattini / model 783/ wood, formica / mid-century / vintage Iconic set of 4 nesting tables, model 783, designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina Italy in 1966. Complete set of four stacking low tables in black lacquered wood with reversible floors in black/white form that can be turned easily upside-down. The tables are stackable to form a cylindre. With original manufacturer label on the internal side of the structure. Gianfranco Frattini was born in Padua in 1926 and graduated in architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1953, where he remained working there right up to his death. 
His professional activity was concerned principally with interiors and industrial design. He was an assiduous participant in shows and exhibitions and his design projects won a large number of prizes. 
In 1956 Frattini was one of the founders of the ADI, Association of Industrial design, for which he carried out a lot of different activities. His presence was habitually felt at congresses, conventions and furniture fairs all over the world. Ref. 24-0246