Gubi Model 597 Floor Lamp

Gubi Model 597 Floor Lamp was designed by Gianfranco Frattini. The unique nylon fringes were inspired by fringed entrance curtains commonly found in Italy’s bars and grocery stores in the late 1950s. They are affixed to a diabolo-shaped aluminium base, which is fitted with six lateral bulbs around the central core, with an additional bulb housed in a cavity on top, directing light upwards. The fringe allows light to seep through for a 360° warm glow. Its unique and playful form perfectly encapsulates Frattini’s extraordinary approach to the aesthetics of light. The short and cylindrical in shape lamp is fitted with multiple bulbs and classic fringes that disguise its functional versatility.

Model 597 by Italian virtuoso, Gianfranco Frattini, is the original lamp that launched him as a lighting designer. The light was a hit from the instant it was launched and swiftly appeared in residential projects and in public settings throughout the early 1960s – notably including Frattini’s famous Restaurant St. Andrews in Milan in 1963.