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Arteluce Lighting

Italian

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.

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Creator: Arteluce
Vintage 1094 Floor Lamp by Gino Sarfatti, Italy, 1969
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage 1094 Floor Lamp by Gino Sarfatti (1912-1985), realized for Arteluce in 1969. Carrara Marble Base. Steel structure and independently adjustable milk glass lampshades. H160 x...
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1960s Italian Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Marble, Steel

1960s Gino Sarfatti Model #26b Blue and Brass Wall Lamp for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model #26b Blue and Brass Wall Lamp for Arteluce. Executed in blue painted aluminum with a brass backplate. Double ball jointed arm allows flexible shade adjustments an...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Brass

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Rare Early Triple Wall Light, circa 1940
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Rare early triple wall light by Sarfatti for Arteluce, as shown in a photograph advertising Arteluce's stand at the VII Triennale, Milano in Domus issue #149, 1940 Three white paint...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Italian mid-century modern brown ceiling lamp 2045 by BBPR for Arteluce, 1960s
By Arteluce, Studio BBPR
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern brown ceiling lamp 2045 by BBPR for Arteluce, 1960s Ceiling chandelier mod. 2045 pentagonal in shape. It has a total of eleven speakers, six of which are l...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Rare Pair of Mid-Century Gino Sarfatti Model 600P Lamps for Arteluce, Italy 1966
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in London, GB
For sale are a pair of iconic and extremely rare orange 600P table lamps by GINO SARFATTI, designed in 1966 and produced by Arteluce of Italy. Thanks to their lead-filled weighted p...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum

Gino Sarfatti pair of perspex Table lamps Model 596, Arteluce, Italy, 1968
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A pair of large table lamps, Model 596 from the 1960s, skilfully crafted in perspex and metal by Arteluce, with a design by Gino Sarfatti. These Italian lamps, both decorative and s...
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1960s Italian Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 600c Black Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
Table lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. Model 600/C designed in 1966, produced in Italy. Black lacquered aluminium, black leather base filled with lead shot, adjustable in all dire...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum

Gino Sarfatti & Arteluce Table Lamp Model 569/N Italy, 1956
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Table lamp model 569 N by Gino Sarfatti & Arteluce Designed in 1956 and made in Italy. Adjustable reflector in aluminium lacquered black, cast iron trumpet-shaped base lacquered ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Brass

Wall Light by Vittoriano Viganò for Arteluce, 1950
By Vittoriano Vigano, Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful 'Visor' wall light by Vittoriano Vigano for Arteluce designed in Italy, 1950s, egg shell colored enameled aluminium, brass, ca...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Brass, Aluminum

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model P600 Black Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
Table lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. Model 600/C designed in 1966, produced in Italy. Black lacquered aluminium, black leather base filled with lead shot, adjustable in all dire...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum

Postmodern "Diva" Sconce by Ezio Didone for Arteluce, 1980s.
By Ezio Didone, Arteluce
Located in Lille, FR
Postmodern "Diva" Sconce by Ezio Didone for Arteluce, 1980s.
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Steel

1960s Massimo Vignelli Model 526/g Table or Floor Lamp for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Massimo Vignelli
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Massimo Vignelli Model 526/g table or floor lamp for Arteluce. Executed in chromed metal and acrylic. The simplicity of Vignelli's design and the sculptural shaping of the materials make for an incredibly refined example of his highly influential conceptual approach. Retains the original Arteluce...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal, Chrome

Pair of Italian Arteluce BIS A700 Contemporary Modern Adjustable Floor Lamps
By Arteluce
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A pair of Arteluce BIS A700 floor lamps. An modern Italian set of floor lamps. These tall floor lamps feature a glossy black finish, a weighted circular base, and an adjustable head ...
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Late 20th Century Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Gianfranco Frattini for Arteluce Table Lamp
By Arteluce, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gianfranco Frattini for Arteluce, table lamp, model 597, chrome-plated aluminium, rayon, Italy, 1961. Gianfranco Frattini designed this innovative table lamp for Arteluce in 1961. A...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Chrome

Pair of Model 259/2 wall lamps by Massimo Vignelli for Arteluce, 1964
By Arteluce, Massimo Vignelli
Located in UTRECHT, NL
The Model 259/2 wall lights, a highly uncommon design by Massimo Vignelli dating back to 1964, stand out for their construction using anodized aluminum frames and fabric fringes surr...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Pair of Model 238/2 Wall Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
Rare and Original two pair of vintage wall sconces, model 238/2 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Milan. Italy, 1960 Two spherical diffusers with clear glass, resting on black lacquered...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Pair of Model 238/1 Wall Lamp, Italy 19850s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
Pair of wall sconces mod. 238/1 design Gino Sarfatti production Arteluce 1952. Painted metal structure and blown glass diffuser. Original electrical system, In excellent condition.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Set of 4 Light Ball table, ceiling and wall lamp by Castiglioni, Flos
By Flos, Arteluce, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Argelato, BO
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, set of 4 table, ceiling and wall lamps Light Ball, Italy, 1965 Created by the now legendary pair of brothers and Italian designers, the Castiglionis design a series of diffused light lamps using a simple white opaline sphere of industrial production, which reinterprets a low-cost object commonly used in the domestic environment. A polished brass metal frame houses...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Brass

Midcentury wall light mod. 194n by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy.
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Extending arm wall light model 194n designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce in 1958 circa. The original structure is composed by a ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Brass

Gino Sarfatti wall lamp model 3 Arteluce Italy 1950
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare Model 3 wall lamp designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce Italy 1950. This wall lamp by Gino Sarfatti is super rare, and you hardly ever find it for sale. It's go...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal, Chrome, Aluminum

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 '...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Gino Sarfatti 600C Table Lamp Arteluce, 1970s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1966, model 600 is an authentic and distinctive design masterpiece. The idea was inspired by the bean bag ashtrays. The leather base evokes a tennis ball. Thanks to the lead balls...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Pair of 'Le Falene' series table lamps by Piero De Martini for Arteluce, 1980s
By Arteluce, Piero De Martini
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A pair of table lamps from the 'Le Falene' series designed by Piero De Martini in 1980 and produced by Arteluce. The main parts are a yellow lacquered metal frame and an off-white f...
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1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Rare Couple gino Sarfatti wall lamps model 169/2 Arteluce Italia 1952
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Rovereta, SM
Impressive pair of wall lamps model 169/2 designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce, Italy 1952. These large wall lamps comes from a series of wall lamps designed by Gino S...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Brass

Gino Sarfatti model 1073 Floor Lamps for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Skokie, IL
Gino Sarfatti model 1073 floor lamps for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s. Dimensions: 81.5” H x 9.45” W x 9.45” D (Large), 77.95” H x 9.45” W x 9.45” D (Medium), 72.05” H x 9.45” W x 9.45” D...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal, Aluminum

Gino Sarfatti rare model 1086 floor lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1961
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Skokie, IL
Gino Sarfatti rare model 1086 floor lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1961. This is the floor lamp version of a series of lights that Sarfatti designed in 1961, re using the shade into diffe...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Steel

Gianfranco Frattini for Arteluce Pendant
By Arteluce, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gianfranco Frattini for Arteluce, pendant or ceiling light model 597/S, chromium-plated metal, chromed aluminum, painted aluminum, rayon, textured glass, Italy, 1961. Gianfranco Fra...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal, Chrome, Aluminum

5 Diva Sconces by Ezio Didone for Arteluce, italian Art Deco style
By Ezio Didone, Arteluce
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
5 Diva sconces by Ezio Didone for Arteluce, Art Deco style Vintage Italian Art Deco wall light with 2 half circular shaped glass plates - 1 white opaque...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Set of 2 Seguso Glass Pendant Lamps by Gino Sarfatti for Arte
By Gino Sarfatti, Gino Vistosi, RAAK, Arteluce, Venini
Located in München, DE
Very nice glass pendant lamps from the 1960s. Great massive workmanship and a real eye -catcher for every home. The air bubbles in the glass create a special light effect. Condition...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Model 551 Light, designed 1952
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, model 551 table or wall lamp, designed in 1952 23cm high, 12cm wide The simple but clever design of this light allows it to be used as either standing u...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal, Brass

SARFATTI Gino - ARTELUCE -Pair of brass wall or floor sconces
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
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...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Brass

Rare Gino Sarfatti Table Lamp Mod n. 598 for ArteLuce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Milano, IT
Enter the world of rare and exquisite design with a true masterpiece from the 1950s – the Gino Sarfatti model 598 table lamp for ArteLuce. This is not just a lamp; it's a work of art...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Brass, Iron

Gino Sarfatti model 36 sconces Arteluce Italy 1955
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful and clean pair of wall sconces model 36 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce in Italy in 1955. What makes these sconces stand out is their flexibility. Th...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Chrome

Gino Sarfatti Table Lamp mod. 523 for Arteluce, 1964
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Milano, IT
Immerse yourself in the world of timeless elegance with the 1964 Gino Sarfatti table lamp, a true icon of Italian design. This extraordinary creation, born from the mastery of Gino S...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Cast Stone, Aluminum

Pao table lamp by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1993
By Matteo Thun, Arteluce
Located in Athens, Attiki
Pao table light by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, 1993. Matteo Thun’s work is driven by the search for sophistication and subtle irony, which makes him something of a design dandy.When it...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Glass, Lacquer, Opaline Glass

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 237/2 Wall Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
Stunning three-light wall lamp model 238/3 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 1950s. In excellent original condition. The brass wall plate with arms bent to form circles houses translucen...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Coppia Di Lampade Da Tavolo Modello 586 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Rovereta, SM
Coppia Di Lampade Da Tavolo Modello 586 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum

6 Acrylic Balls Shade Chandelier by Arteluce, 1960s, Italy
By Vittorio Gregotti, Arteluce, Lodovico Meneghetti, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Hagenbach, DE
6 Balls Shade Chandelier by Arteluce, 1960s, Italy Designers: Vittorio Gregotti, Lodovico Meneghetti, and Giotto Stoppino Lampshade is in very good vintage condition. No crack, no...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Brass

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
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Brass

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Mod.2042/3 Ceiling Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
Rare ceiling lamp model 2042/3 designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce, Italy 1960. This version of the 2042 lamp has a gilded metal frame and 3 glass globes that produce ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Cini Boeri "602" Table Lamp for Arteluce 1960s
By Arteluce, Cini Boeri
Located in Wien, Wien
The "602" adjustable table lamp, designed in 1968 by Cini Boeri and produced by Gino Sarfatti's Italian light company Arteluce, is a rare find. It's crafted from sturdy industrial PV...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

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PVC

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 237 Wall Lamps, Italy 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
An original wall lamp Mod. 237 designed by Gino Sarfatti. Arteluce 1960 edition. Blown opaline glass on enameled ring that allows the sphere to be positioned downward or upward. Exce...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Aurora Pendants by Arteluce, 1982
By Arteluce, Perry King and Santiago Miranda
Located in Hanover, MA
We have three Aurora pendants in the elusive white color, priced individually. Perry King & Santiago Miranda designed the 'Aurora' pendant light in 1982 for Arteluce, by then a divis...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum

Cono table lamp by Ezio Didone for Arteluce, 1979
By Ezio Didone, Arteluce
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Table lamp, model Cono designed by Ezio Didone for Arteluce in 1979. The lamp is made of opaque milky-white Murano glass with a subtle gradient. On the top of the lamp is a round bl...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Murano Glass, Plastic

Lamp "522" by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Conversano, IT
Discover a rare gem in the world of Design - the extraordinary lamp mod. 522, created by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce Milano in 1948. This unique lamp is an example of time...
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1940s Italian Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Steel

Postmodern floor lamp Club 1195 by Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce, ITALY 1980s
By Arteluce, Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Catania, CT
Adjustable floor lamp model Club 1195, designed by Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce and produced in Italy during the 80s. Fair vintage condition with trace of age and use. Some lack of ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Table lamp by Ezio Didone for Arteluce circa 1970 in Murano glass
By Arteluce, Ezio Didone
Located in Monaco, MC
Beautiful table lamp in Murano glas design by Ezio Didone for Arteluce circa 70'. Verry good condition. Small age marks on the brass. Italian original plug.
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1970s Italian Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Brass

Castiglioni Metal "Light Ball" Italian Sconce for Arteluce and Flos, 1960s
By Achille Castiglioni, Flos, Arteluce
Located in Roma, IT
Incredibly rare first edition of the famous "Light Ball" applique by Castiglioni in white metal and opal glass. This fantastic lamp was designed by Castiglioni for Arteluce and produced in Italy by Flos in the 1960s. This fantastic lamp was designed by Castiglioni for Arteluce and produced in Italy by Flos in the 1960s. This fantastic light is unique because of the materials, made of white enameled metal and opal glass. It can be mounted on the wall or on the ceiling. The wall light has been tested, it uses an E27 light bulb. It is signed on the backplate by both Arteluce and Flos. A fantastic piece that will grace a mid-century living room or bathroom. Measures (cms): diameter - 42 height - 32 Literature: Casa Amica, 27 June 1972, p. 105 Octagon 30 September 1973, p. 149 Sergio Polano, Achille Castiglioni all the works, Electa, Milano, 2001, p. 224 Giuliana Gramigna, repertoire 1950-2000, Allemandi, Torino, 2003, p. 121. The beginnings of Flos (meaning “flower” in Latin) blossomed from a brilliant idea: to create objects, starting with a light bulb, that would change the way of life for both the Italian market and the foreign markets. Dino Gavina and the small Eisenkeil manufacturing facility in Merano, had already been creating furniture alongside design masters such as Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Afra and Tobia Scarpa. But by the early 1960s, Gavina became convinced the time had come to create new lamps. Using the same technology – conceived in the USA and tested at Eisenkeil – used for the Cocoon lampthe Castiglioni brothers and the Scarpa duo began creating lamps such as the Taraxacum or the Fantasma, with many other beautiful and surprising lamps to follow. And so, from day one, Flos was already reinventing the idea of artificial lighting. Achille Castiglioni (born February 16, 1918, Milan–died December 2, 2002, Milan) was a prolific furniture, lighting, and product Italian designer renown for his ironic, joyful, creative and functional designs that, at times, intersected with ideas explored by conceptual artists. Achille Castiglioni was born into a family with deep appreciation for the arts, as he was the third son of sculptor and coin engraver Giannino Castiglioni and his wife Livia Bolla. He first studied the classics at the Liceo Classico Giuseppe Parini, but then switched to study art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. In 1937, he decided to follow the steps of his two elder brothers, architects Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, by enrolling in the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1944–after having to interrupt his studies when he was stationed in Greece and Sicily during World War II. In 1944, immediately after graduating, Achille Castiglioni joined his brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo in the design studio that they had founded with Livio’s classmate Luigi Caccia Dominioni in 1937 in Milan. Fortunately for Achille, from the very beginning Livio and Pier Giacomo decided to focus almost entirely on designing exhibitions, furniture, housewares, and appliances since architectural commissions were difficult to come by during the war. This product-design focus, and the deep fraternal bound among the three brothers, would later allow the young Achille to experiment early in his career with emerging techniques and new materials that could communicate a fresh aesthetic sensibility suited for the positive outlook of the post-war European market. The Castiglioni brothers’ important collaboration with Phonola and Brionvega In 1940, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Livio Castiglioni, and Luigi Caccia Dominioni, in collaboration withe the Phonola company, presented in the VII Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), titled Exhibition of the Radio, a research study of radio devices that included the Fimi Phonola 547 radio, the first radio encased in Bakelite instead of wood. Shortly after the exhibition, Luigi Caccia Dominioni suspended his professional activity to serve in the military during World War II and left the studio. The development of the FImi Phonola 547 radio would prove fruitful for the three brothers, as it allowed Livio Castiglioni to cement his role as the leading design consultant for Phonola from 1940 until 1960, and for Brionvega, from 1960 until 1964. These relationships brought in further collaboration among the three brothers, and would eventually result in several designs for radio and sound appliances with innovative materials and shapes for which Achille Castiglioni played a key role, such as the RR 226 stereo system for Brinovega (1965), the radio phonograph RR 126 for Brinovega (1965), and the radio and record player RR 128 for Brionvega (1966) In 1952, Livio decided to build his own practice, independent from Achille and Pier Giacomo, to pursue a deeper exploration of radio waves, music, and technology. But the three brothers would continued to collaborate closely in several projects, and the partnership between Achille and Pier Giacomo became so tight that from 1952 until 1968, when Pier Giacomo died, they co-authored most of their designs. Achille Castiglioni Long Career as Light Designer During this period, the Castiglioni brothers participated in the Italian Exhibition of Furniture (RIMA), where they successfully introduced a series of curved-plywood furniture, and presented important designs, such as the Tubino lamp (1949), originally produced by Italian light maker Arteluce from 1949 until 1974, and reintroduced by FLOS since the late 1970s; and the Luminator lamp (1955), originally produced by Gilardi & Barzaghi, but reintroduced by FLOS in the late 1960s. A new, successful, and long-lasting collaboration developed in 1960, when Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni were reached by entrepreneurial Italian designer Dino Gavina and business man Arturo Eisenkeil with the idea to create a completely new kind of lighting fixtures utilizing a polyamide. The material, which they called “cocoon,” in the hands of the Castiglioni brothers would become a popular and iconic innovation in the 1960s and serve as the successful foundation of Italian lighting company FLOS–founded by Gavina and Eisenkeil in 1962. Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni designed a series of “cocoon” lights utilizing the spray-on polyamide plastic as a coating layer onto a metal frame. Among the most popular Castiglioni “cocoon” lights are: the Taraxacum and the Viscontea ceiling lamps (1960), and the Gatto table lamp (1961). Other of the important lamp designs by Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni for FLOS are the Beehive -or Splügen Braü lamp (1961), Toio –or Toy lamp...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Metal

Arteluce "Cone and Conetto" Couple Table Lamps Glass 1975 Italy
By Arteluce
Located in Milano, IT
Two Arteluce Lamps. Measurements. H 52 23 diameter. E L other H 30 diameter 20
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

Rare Arteluce 2048/PX Large Globe Pendant by Sergio Asti Italy 1965
By Arteluce, Sergio Asti
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Amazing rare 2048/PX pendant lamp by Italian designer Sergio Asti for Arteluce 1965 This large pendant comes with a unique provenance, available upon request Sergio Asti was traine...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Arteluce Lighting

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Aluminum, Brass

Franco Albini & Franca Helg Model 524 Sculptural Lucite Chrome Lamp Arteluce
By Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Franco Albini, Arteluce
Located in Troy, MI
A sculptural Lucite and chrome lamp designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce Italy circa 1952 Sunburst design of eight acrylic pane...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Chrome

Floor Lamp Model 1094 by Gino Sarfatti Italy 1969
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This is an original model 1094 floor lamp by Gino Sarfatti (1912-1985) which was designed for Arteluce in 1969. It features a carrara marble base with a steel structure wich is chrom...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Carrara Marble, Chrome

Gino Sarfatti model 213 wall lamp Arteluce Italy 1956
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
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...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Chrome

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 ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Arteluce "Aura" Memphis Wall Sconce by Perry King & Santiago Miranda
By Arteluce, Perry King and Santiago Miranda
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A pair of Aura wall lights made by the famous designers Perry King & Santiago Miranda and produced by Arteluce. Each wall sconce is made of white enameled panels forming a Memphis st...
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1980s Italian Minimalist Vintage Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Steel

Floor Lamp Model 1094 by Gino Sarfatti Italy 1969
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This is an original model 1094 floor lamp by Gino Sarfatti (1912-1985) which was designed for Arteluce in 1969. It features a carrara marble base with a steel structure wich is chrom...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Carrara Marble, Chrome

Rare Pair of Wall Lights, Model No. 121 Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Rovereta, SM
Rare pair of wall lights, model no. 121 Gino Sarfatti Available four.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Gino Sarfatti Arteluce multi adjustable three globe floor lamp on marble base
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Ferndale, MI
Multi adjustable floor lamp designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Italy . Three globes which rotate in every direction mounted in swivel lasso brackets on chrome shaft attached to ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Lighting

Materials

Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Chrome

Arteluce lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Arteluce lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Arteluce lighting, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original lighting by Arteluce were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lighting by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Toni Zuccheri, and Gino Sarfatti. Prices for Arteluce lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $167 and can go as high as $222,496, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,774.

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