Giulia
Category
Armchairs
Brand
Designer
Dimensions
L 86 cm - P 95 cm - H 43/104 cm
Finiture
Upholstery on request
Year
1957 - 2026
Giulia is the classic bergère armchair seen through the eyes of Gianfranco Frattini, an interpretation so modern that it became one of the historical models of Italian design from the 1960s. Giulia is the re-edition of the famous model 877 by Gianfranco Frattini, dedicated to the wife of his great Master Gio Ponti. The softness that distinguishes the bergère armchair – wide and deep, with a high backrest and side headrests – is translated into sharp, geometric lines that define a continuous shell, with winged armrests, resting on the essential wooden frame.
Tacchini
Tacchini is an Italian company created in 1967 by Antonio Tacchini. All products are made in the Brianza area between Milan and Como with a strong manufacturing and artisan tradition. This allows the company to directly control their quality, minimize pollution and energy consumption resulting from their transportation. Tacchini has always collaborated with the great masters of design such as Achille Castiglioni and Gianfranco Frattini and still today continues on a path of re-editions that challenges and teaches contemporaneity.
Gianfranco Frattini
Gianfranco Frattini, born in Padua in 1926, was an Italian architect and designer. Having graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic of Milan in 1953, he worked in the studio of Gio Ponti, his professor, before opening his own staff. His professional activity focused in particular on interior furnishings and industrial design. He participated in numerous exhibitions and exhibitions, winning several awards for his projects. In 1956 Frattini was among the founders of the ADI association, Association for Industrial Design, for which he carried out numerous tasks. He took part in various congresses, conventions and Furniture Fairs all over the world. Some of his products are exhibited at the MoMa in New York. He died in Milan in 2004.
