Image source: Cassina — Cavalletto Table
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Cavalletto Table
Franco Albini's 1950 trestle table: ash or walnut frame braced by two burnished brass rods.
1800 × 710 × 700 mm
1950
Approx. $3,800 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Cavalletto is a table by Franco Albini; its sheet has "Franco Albini, 1950" under Designed by and "Cassina, 2008" under Produced. The name means trestle in English, and the frame is assembled with two tensioning rods in burnished brass that also serve as bracing.
Construction
Top: chipboard panel, edges in solid ash or American walnut, ash or American walnut veneer. Base: solid ash or American walnut, visible metal parts in black burnished brass. The finishes are black-stained ash, natural ash and American walnut, all matt.
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Specifications
- Code 833 02-10-11: 180 cm long, 70 cm deep, 71 cm high
- Top: panel with solid-wood edges and veneer
- Frame: solid ash or American walnut, brass tension rods
Story
By the book
The page calls the Cavalletto a desk built "by the book", a construction that shows Cassina's joinery expertise, and describes the geometric lines as giving a feeling of lightness.
Opposing forces
The page says the table's stability rests on the principle of opposing forces, so that the frame looks improvised, with volumes and weights reduced. It describes the construction process as carried out by Cassina's carpenters, and credits the border trim of the top and the metal parts with the same attention to detail. The sheet frames the table as showing the thought of Franco Albini and the wood-working skills of Cassina.
More by Franco Albini
Cicognino Table
Franco Albini's three-legged "little stork" table, 1953, with one leg rising into a handle.
Infinito Bookcase
Free-standing double-sided bookcase by Franco Albini, 1956-57, on floor-to-ceiling uprights.
Albini Desk
Franco Albini's glass-topped pedestal desk on a chrome steel X-frame with a floating drawer pedestal
Luisa Chair
Compasso d'Oro armchair by Franco Albini on a solid ash or walnut frame with trestle sides; Cassina.
Collection
Cassina iMaestri Collection
Cassina's iMaestri Collection, begun in 1965 with Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, since joined by Rietveld, Albini, Ponti and Eames.
