An extraordinary and rare table lamp designed by the renowned architect and designer Gianfranco Frattini and produced by the prestigious Arteluce workshop from the late 1970s onwards. The lamp features a cylindrical structure entirely covered by a dense cascade of fringes made from white/ivory silk threads. Frattini’s genius lies in the way the light filters through the threads. The fringes are intact, clean and retain their original fluid drape, with no significant yellowing or missing threads. Gianfranco Frattini (Padua, 15 May 1926 – Milan, 6 April 2004) was an Italian architect and designer. He was part of the generation that shaped the Italian design movement in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. Frattini graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1953. He opened his own practice in Milan, having previously worked in the studio of his teacher and mentor, Gio Ponti. His collaboration with Cesare Cassina for the company of the same name began in 1954, followed by collaborations with many other manufacturers, such as Bernini, Arteluce, Acerbis, Fantoni, Artemide (for whom, among other products, he designed the historic Boalum lamp with Livio Castiglioni), Luci, Knoll, Lema and many others. Throughout his career, he worked in both industrial design and architecture, focusing in particular on interiors. Glass items designed by Frattini for Progetti are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and the Boalum lamp (designed with Livio Castiglioni) produced by Artemide is in the Smithsonian’s collection at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. I have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, designer records, or other literature sources and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution, European Plug (up to 250V).The wiring of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise.