Albero Anniversary Edition Bookcase

Overview

The Albero GFF 100 Anniversary Edition is a special re-edition of Gianfranco Frattini's Albero bookcase, made to celebrate the centenary of his birth. It is self-supporting, fixed between floor and ceiling, rotates 360° around its axis and carries twelve adjustable shelves.

Construction

• Structure: solid Canaletto walnut with an American Brown walnut finish, made of two toothed supports with a rack joint and four vertical pillars drilled at regular intervals for the shelves
• Shelves: MDF veneered with Santos rosewood
• Fixing: ferrules in antiqued burnished steel at floor and ceiling, held by four metal locknuts
• Screws and plaque: antiqued brass; a plaque on the lower support is marked with the Anniversary edition name, Frattini's signature and the brand logo

Specifications

83 x 83 cm footprint (W x D), height adjustable from 262 to 328 cm.

A centenary re-edition

Albero GFF 100 is a special re-edition of the Albero bookcase, issued to mark one hundred years since Gianfranco Frattini's birth. The original was conceived in the late 1950s as a floor-to-ceiling, freestanding room divider.

Two woods

The edition combines Santos rosewood for the shelves with American Brown walnut for the central column, a particularly dark wood. The joining of the two species calls for cabinetmaking expertise, and the pillars are drilled at regular intervals to take the twelve shelves.