The lighting maker Arteluce was one of the companies at the heart of the creative explosion in postwar Italian design. The firm’s founder and guiding spirit, Gino Sarfatti (1912–85), was an incessant technical and stylistic innovator who almost single-handedly reinvented the chandelier as a modernist lighting form.
Sarfatti attended the University of Genoa to study aeronautical engineering but was forced to drop out when his father’s company went out of business. His mechanical instincts led him to turn his attention to lighting design — and he founded Arteluce as a small workshop in Milan in 1939. Sarfatti’s father was a Jew, so the family fled to Switzerland in 1943, but after the war — largely thanks to Sarfatti’s insistence on efficiency of design and manufacture — Arteluce quickly established itself as a top firm.
Though Sarfatti continued as chief designer through the 1950s and ’60s, he also enlisted other designers such as Franco Albini and Massimo Vignelli to contribute work. Sarfatti sold Arteluce to FLOS — a rival Italian lighting maker — in 1973 and retired to pursue a more traditional avocation: collecting and dealing rare postage stamps.
Sarfatti is regarded by many collectors as a pioneer of minimalist design. He pared down his lighting works to their essentials, focusing on practical aspects such as flexibility of use. His most famous light, the 2097 chandelier, is a brilliant example of reductive modernist design, featuring a central cylinder from which branches numerous supporting fixtures extending like spokes on a wheel.
Similarly, Sarfatti's 566 table lamp is a simple canister, able to be raised or lowered on a stem, holding a half-chrome bulb. Despite the marked functionality of his designs, Sarfatti did have a sprightly side: His 534 table lamp, with its cluster of rounded enameled shades, resembles a vase full of flowers, the Sputnik chandelier (model 2003) was inspired by fireworks and the brightly colored plastic disks of the 2072 chandelier look like lollipops. No matter the style, Sarfatti concentrated first and foremost on the character of light created — and any Arteluce lamp is a modernist masterpiece.
Find vintage Arteluce table lamps, chandeliers, floor lamps and other lighting on 1stDibs.
White Metal 5-Lights Wall Lamp Mod. 50 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, '68
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This wall lamp was designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1968 for bath mirror and it belongs to the early production. The simplicity of its design and its rarity al...
Metal
Table Lamp 526/G by Massimo Vignanelli for Arteluce, Mid-20th Century
By Arteluce
Located in Roma, IT
Table Lamp is an original design lamp realized by Massimo Vignanelli in the half of 20th century. A design lamp mod 526/G realized for Arteluce. Decor your room with this design la...
Metal, Steel
Table lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1960s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare mid century table lamp designed by gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce. Its made from aluminum and a leather counter wheight base allowing the lamp to be put in multiple anl...
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Large Wall Lamp model 225, Arteluce Italy 1957
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Den Haag, NL
Gino Sarfatti Large Wall Lamp model 225, Arteluce Italy 1957
Aluminum, Brass
$622Sale Price|20% Off
Arteluce Chrome floorlamp Designed by Bruno Gecchelin Model 1105
By Bruno Gecchelin, Arteluce
Located in Boom, Vlaams Gewest
Arteluce floorlamp designed by Bruno Gecchelin. The light unit can be moved on the base. The light can shine upwards or downwards.
Enamel, Chrome
Floor Lamp Model 1073/3 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy 1956
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Greding, DE
Floor lamp on a black cast-iron base, long black stem and lampshade of brass-plated aluminium (slightly rubbed). The floor lamp was designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce in 1956. Cf...
Brass, Iron
Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Brass Italian '2097/30' Chandelier, 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Madrid, ES
Chandelier model "2097/30" designed by Gino Sarfatti (1912/1985) for Arteluce. Made of polished brass structure. The central rod has forty arms supporting the light bulbs, Italy, 196...
Brass
Model 50 Wall Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1968
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Off-white lacquered Model 50 wall lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, designed in 1968 and manufactured in the 1970s. Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi describe the wall lamp in '...
Metal
2133 Pendant Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1970s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Padova, IT
Metal chandelier pendant lamp 2133 model designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce Italy 1970s. White metal lampshade with black metal lamp holder, where the lampshade s...
Metal
Table Lamp 600/C Model by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 60s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Padova, IT
One of the first edition of the 600 c model designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce 1960s. This exceptional lamp has weights at the bottom as if made with bean bags...
Aluminum
Single Seguso Glass Pendant by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single Seguso Glass Pendant by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1960s. Executed in hand blown bubbled Seguso glass and painted metal. This si...
Steel
Arteluce table lamp Donald design King & Miranda 1980s
By Arteluce
Located in Parma, IT
Donald table lamp Arteluce design King-Miranda 1980s. Painted metal structure with plastic flap. Adjustable in height, rotation and direction. Mark on structure, original wiring. In ...
Metal
Vittoriano Vigano wallsconce for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Vittoriano Vigano
Located in Munich, DE
nice wallsconce by arteluce - we can offer a few in various versions...
Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti, Set of 2 Table Lamps mod. 600/C, Arteluce Italy, 1966
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Firenze, IT
Set of2 black table lamps mod. 600/C designed by master Gino Sarfatti, manufactured by his own Arteluce. Designed in 1966, produced 1960 - 1969 Lacquered aluminium. The leather base is filled with small lead balls...
Aluminum
$11,680Sale Price|20% Off
Model 593 Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 593 Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960's. Original EU cord. Recommended Lamping QTY six E14 20w maximum bulbs. Bulbs not i...
Nickel
Rare double signed Arteluce wall sconce by Vittoriano Vigano
By Arteluce
Located in Munich, DE
very nice, double signed arteluce wall sconce. rare version.
Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Set of Two Black Wall Lamps 238/2 by Arteluce 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Set of two wall lamps model 238/2 with supports in black lacquered metal, lampshades in blown glass, and black enameled aluminum, designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce d...
Metal, Aluminum
Tikal 1555 Table Lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce
By Arteluce
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A dramatic and geometric table lamp in translucent blue glass with attached white plastic diffusers perched atop a weighted and swiveling conical stee...
Steel
Tristras pendant lamp by Perry King for Arteluce, 1986
By Perry King and Santiago Miranda, Arteluce
Located in Ravenna, IT
Black polycarbonate plastic chandelier with white power cord. The lamp has a Space Age style especially in the part that houses the three light bodies, which are surrounded by a curv...
Plastic
Gino Sarfatti 1086 floor lamp Arteluce Italy 1961 white
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare minimalist floor lamp model 1086 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Milano 1961. This is the floor lamp version of a series of lights that Sarfatti designed...
Aluminum
$4,177Sale Price / set|20% Off
Arteluce, Pair of Magnetic Table Lamps by Antonio Macci Cassia, Model 541
By Arteluce
Located in London, GB
Antonio Macci Cassia for Arteluce, Italy, 1968, model 541 table/desk lamp, a pair available of these articulating lights, magnetised contact means...
Ceramic
Lamp '237/3' by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 1960s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage wall lamp '237/3' model designed by Gino Sarfatti for a 1960s Arteluce production. Black lacquered metal frame supporting three clear glass spheres. The maker's mark is pres...
Metal
$2,500 / item
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Red for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 sconce in red for Arteluce. Executed in painted aluminum and custom fabricated period-styled brass backplates designed to mount ove...
Brass, Aluminum
Monumental Gino Sarfatti Floor Lamp Model 1094 for Arteluce, Italy, 1966
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Echt, NL
Very large model 1094 floor lamp in very good condition. Designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1966 Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy The lamp consists of a heavy black metal base plate and...
Metal, Aluminum
Italian Wall Scone by Vittoriano Vigano for Arteluce
By Vittoriano Vigano, Arteluce
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful Visor wall light by Vittoriano Vigano for Arteluce.
Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti model 213 wall lamp Arteluce Italy 1956
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Minimalistic model 213 wall lamp by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce in Italy 1956. This lamp features a direct wall fixture, cleverly designed with chrome-plated brass arm...
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
$750Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Mid-Century Modern Table / Desk Lamp #600 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in New York, NY
Anachronistic Italian Mid-Century table lamp #600 with Vinyl Sack filled with lead pellets as the base and a single socket and silver reflector bulb. Sarfatti's inventiveness and hum...
Gino Sarfatti 595 Table Lamp Arteluce, Italy, 1961
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Sculptural and adjustable table lamp model 595 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1961. Guard reflector in black painted aluminium, swiveling on a chrome p...
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Gino Sarfatti, Wall Light, model 211, designed 1955, made by Arteluce 1950s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Gino Sarfatti, Wall Sconce, model 211, designed 1955 and manufactured by Arteluce in the 1950s. In black lacquered aluminium with reflector that rotates on its own guard axis, so th...
Aluminum
1081 by Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Milano, IT
Designed for Arteluce in 1959, this rare Model 1081 floor lamp is a definitive masterwork of Gino Sarfatti’s minimalist philosophy. This sculptural piece captures the essence of the ...
Aluminum, Iron
Gino Sarfatti 565 Table Lamp Arteluce, Italy, 1956
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Minimalist model 565 table lamp designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1956. This very nice direct table lamp has a cast iron base, c...
Metal, Aluminum
Tikal Table Lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce 1980s
By Arteluce, Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
The Tikal model table lamp, created by Pier Giuseppe Ramella around 1985, is an exceptional lighting room that combines a unique aesthetic with practical functionality. Featuring a d...
Metal
SARFATTI Gino - ARTELUCE -Pair of brass wall or floor sconces
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
A very rare pair of wall sconces built in brass by the ARTELUCE company and designed by Italian entrepreneur and designer ,GINO SARFATTI in the late 1930s . The pair of sconces is in...
Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Pair of Model 225 White Wall Lights, 1957
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, a pair of wall lights, model 225 designed in 1957. Each stationary white lacquered aluminium reflector is supported by a brass rectangular wall mount 35...
Aluminum, Brass
Floor Lamps Model 1074 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Brussels, BE
Floor lamps model 1074 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce - Two set available price for on set of three.
Metal
$53,237 / item
Gino Sarfatti model 169/4 wall lamp Arteluce Italy 1952
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Impressive wall lamp model 169/4 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1952. This large sized wall lamp comes from a series of wall lamps designed by Gino Sar...
Aluminum, Chrome
White Metal, Glass 1960 Mod. 238/2 Sconce by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
238/2 sconce by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. White painted metal structures with internal sandblasted glass shades. Fair/good condition: the metal structures show visible signs of oxi...
Metal
Gino Sarfatti 566 Table Lamp Arteluce Italy 1956
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful Model 566 Gino Sarfatti table lamp by Arteluce, Italy 1956. If you think Arteluce or Gino Sarfatti, The Model 566 might be one of the first designs that come across your mi...
Metal, Aluminum
$10,500 / set
Gino Sarfatti Sconces for Arteluce, 1952, Set of 2
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gino Sarfatti sconces for Arteluce, brass and glass, Italy, 1952, set of two This chic set of four wall lamps by Gino Sarfatti, designed in 1952 for Arteluce, showcases masterful cr...
Brass
1 of 35 Gino Sarfatti Pendants Model 2095/1 by Arteluce, Italy, 1958
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Echt, NL
Beautiful original model 2095/1 pendants in very good original condition. Designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1958. Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy. There are 35 of these pendants availa...
Aluminum
Filippo Panseca for Arteluce, Articulated Desk Light, 1960s
By Arteluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Filippo Panseca for Arteluce, Articulated Desk Light, 1960s. The design comprises a clear perspex block with articulated aluminium arm and shade. Both the arm and the shade adjust ...
Aluminum
Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1950, Italy
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Brussels, BE
Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1950, Italy
Metal
Paolo Rizzatto - Model 265 Wall lamp
By Paolo Rizzatto, Arteluce
Located in Brussels, BE
The Model 265 by Paolo Rizzatto is made out of laquered steel. This wall lamp seems to defy gravity thanks to its elegant counterweight. This original italian lamp from the 70's i...
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Chandelier Model 2095/5 by Arteluce, Italy, 1958
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice chandelier model 2095/5 designed by Gino Sarfatti, manufactured by Arteluce, Italy, 1958. This nice and impressive chandelier has a rare white ceiling plate and original wh...
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Wall/Table Lamp Model 7 Arteluce, 1957
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare wall/table lamp version of model 7 designed by Gino Sarfatti, manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1957. I have never seen this fairly unique version before. T...
Aluminum, Metal
Model 608 Table Chrome Round Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, 1970s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Milan, IT
Table or wall lamp model 608 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. Chrome plated aluminum base hosting a visible light bulb.
Metal
'Model 1073' 2 Floor Lamps by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Brussels, BE
'Model 1073' 2 floor lamps by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Measures: Height a the small one 182 cm.
Metal
Gino Sarfatti, Model 606 Desk Lamp for Arteluce, designed 1971
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Model 606 desk or table lamp, designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1971 and manufactured in Italy by Arteluce. Black crackle lacquered aluminium shade, height adjustable and swivel, support...
Aluminum
Yellow metal pendant, Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1955
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Berlin, DE
Pendant lights model no. '2079' with a perforated yellow lacquered metal construction and opaline glass. Dimensions: H. 30 cm Ø20 cm Design: Gino Sarfatti 1955 for Arteluce Italy....
Metal
Gino Sarfatti, Pendant Light, Model 2079, Design 1955, for Arteluce, Italy
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Pendant light, model no. 2079, by Gino Sarfatti, design 1955, manufactured by Arteluce, Italy. Micro perforated lacquered aluminium shade over an opaline glass diffuser. Completely...
Aluminum
Ceiling Light by Gino Sarfatti, circa 1961
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Berlin, DE
Ceiling light "Model 2113" Blackened aluminium, opaline glass, lower cover texturized glass Dimension: H 19 cm, ø 21 cm Manufacturer Arteluce Inside "Arteluce" label.
Aluminum
Adjustable Desk Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A desk lamp having a sculptural white textured enameled pedestal base supporting a chrome gooseneck stem and cylindrical shade.
Enamel
Articulating Desk Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce
By Angelo Lelii, Arteluce
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern desk lamp designed by Angelo Lelli with gooseneck arms and a counter-weight and wire system attached to two chrome supports on a marble base. Made by Arredoluce ...
Marble, Chrome, Steel
Cobra Desk Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A black gooseneck 'Cobra' desk lamp resembling a hose that forms a coil base.
Metal
Post Modern Lamp by Perry King for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Perry King
Located in Ravenna, IT
Post Modern Camp lamp designed by Perry King for Arteluce in 1980. The lamp features a white, adjustable plastic shade attached to a blue plastic base. The on and off switch is on th...
Steel
$5,981 / item
Gino Sarfatti model 540G for Arteluce Italy 1968
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This rare and large version of the Gino Sarfatti Model 540 G (G=grande), produced by Arteluce Italy in 1968, is a remarkable lighting fixture t...
Aluminum