Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Italian, 1912-1985
That a spiky, futuristic chandelier named “Sputnik,” which was highly suggestive of the Soviet satellite of the same name, designed by an Italian engineer could predate the space age and the satellite’s launch by a few decades is the stuff of legend. But in 1939, Venetian-born Gino Sarfatti channeled his obsession with light and expert engineering skills into a design so bold it predicted the future. He would go on to design around 700 lighting products in his lifetime — each table lamp, wall light, pendant and chandelier superb and unorthodox in shape.
Sarfatti’s singular focus on creating opulent lighting designs that were rational in their use of resources makes him one of the most innovative lighting designers in history. He was studying to be an aeronautical engineer at the University of Genoa when his family’s financial troubles led him to drop out and move to Milan to help. During this time, he built a lamp for a friend using a coffee machine’s electric components and a glass vase. This exercise sparked his fascination with lighting, and he went on to found Arteluce in 1939. What followed was a period of working with skilled artisans and tinkering with materials instead of sketching. The self-taught designer soon established himself as a creator of provocative, sculptural luxury lighting. Through the company, he collaborated with some of the 20th century’s most influential designers, such as Vittoriano Viganò, who worked on Arteluce lighting between 1946 and 1960. In the 1950s and ’70s, Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Ico Parisi and Massimo Vignelli all contributed designs.
Sarfatti used resources mindfully and injected functionality into everything he designed. His light fixtures were lightweight, easy to take apart and reassemble and could be affordably repaired. This marriage of utilitarianism and glamour lent Sarfatti’s designs a clean, minimal yet arresting splendor, based on their graphical forms and construction.
After World War II, Sarfatti embraced new wiring technologies and materials like plexiglass, such as his 1972 project with Carlo Mollino that filled the Teatro Regio in Turin with hundreds of plexiglass pipes. In 1973, Sarfatti sold Arteluce to FLOS. His foresight, invention and fearlessness as a designer are revered to this day.
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Creator: Gino Sarfatti
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 537 Brass Structure, White Reflector for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gino Sarfatti lamp model 537.
Brass structure, black reflector, white marble.
Manufactured by Astep
Model 537
Design by Gino Sarfatti
In its refined simplicity, Model 537 stan...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 1095
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 1095
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The floor lamp designed in 1968 is slender, graceful and intriguing in its disproportions between head and base. The design of the small reflecti...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/2 Black Mount
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 237/2
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The two blown opaline glass spheres are gently held in place by two black, or Champagne, painted aluminum rings. Each ring has a small cut, enab...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Red for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 sconce in red for Arteluce. Executed in red painted aluminum and custom fabricated period styled brass backplates designed to mount o...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/6 Champagne Mount
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gino Sarfatti lamp model 2042/6.
Champagne Mount.
Manufactured by Astep.
Model 2042/6
Design by Gino Sarfatti
With Le Sfere Plafone, Model 2042/6 from 1963, another of Gino Sarfatti...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Moden Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/6 Black Mount
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 2042/6
Design by Gino Sarfatti
With Le Sfere Plafone, Model 2042/6 from 1963, another of Gino Sarfatti’s beautiful interpretations of the luminous sphere is reintroduced. The...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
1960s Gino Sarfatti Metal and Seguso Glass Pendants for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce, Archimede Seguso
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Gino Sarfatti metal and Seguso glass pendants for Arteluce. Executed in hand blown bubbled Seguso glass and painted metal. The simplicity of Sarfatti's design and the sculptura...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in White for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 sconce for Arteluce. Executed in white painted aluminum and custom fabricated period styled brass backplates designed to mount over a...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Green for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 sconce in green for Arteluce. Executed in original green painted aluminum and custom fabricated period styled brass backplates designed to mount over a standard American j-box for hardwiring. Ball jointed arm allows flexible shade adjustments and multiple configurations.
Originally designed between 1937-1941, the simplicity of Sarfatti's iconic Model #10 "detto Calla" or "Lily...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Black for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 sconce in black for Arteluce. Executed in black painted aluminum and custom fabricated period styled brass backplates designed to mou...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2109/24/14 Champagne Structure
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 2109
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The Le Sfere chandelier is composed of a circular array of blown opaline glass spheres. Each sphere is held in place by a large Black or Champagn...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Mid-Century Modern Lamp Model 238/1 Black Mount by Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-Century Modern Model 238/1 Lamp
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The single blown opaline glass sphere is gently held by a Black or Champagne painted aluminum ring. The aluminum ring ha...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/6 Opaline Glass Ceiling Light in Champagne for Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/6 opaline glass ceiling light in champagne for Astep.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/1 Black Mount by Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 237/1
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The single blown opaline glass sphere is gently held by a Black or Champagne painted aluminium ring. The aluminum ring has a small cut, enabling t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Flos 2097/50 Suspension Lamp in Matte Black by Gino Sarfatti
By Flos, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos 2097/50 suspension lamp in Matt Black by Gino Sarfatti
Material: Brass and steel
Lamp type: Incandescent
Lamp included: Yes
Light source: 50 x 15W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
1 of 35 Gino Sarfatti Pendants Model 2095/1 by Arteluce, Italy, 1958
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Model 238/2 Wall Lamp in Champagne for Astep
By Astep, Flos, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 238/2 wall lamp in champagne for Astep.
Designed in 1959, this is an authorized Astep/Flos re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/16/14 Opaline Glass Chandelier in Black for Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model 2109/16/14 opaline glass chandelier in black for Astep.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet inn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/2 Black Mount
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 237/2
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The two blown opaline glass spheres are gently held in place by two black, or Champagne, painted aluminum rings. Each ring has a small cut, enabli...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Flos 2097/30 Suspension Lamp in Matte Black by Gino Sarfatti
By Flos, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos 2097/30 suspension lamp in matte black by Gino Sarfatti
Material: Brass and steel
Lamp type: Incandescent
Lamp included: Yes
Light source: 30 x 15...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti 3055 Ceiling Lamps Arteluce 1962
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Large set of 10 ceiling lamps model 3055 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1962. Body is in white lacquered aluminium, the outer shade is refinished, the ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Metal
FLOS 2097/50 Pendant Light in Brass by Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Since 1958, this iconic Gino Sarfatti design has served as an ultra-modern representation of the traditional midcentury chandelier. Every detail of this state-of-the-art ceiling ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/16/14 Opaline Glass Chandelier in Champagne
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model 2109/16/14 opaline glass chandelier in champagne for Astep.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Monumental Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/24/14 Chandelier in Champagne for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Monumental Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/24/14 chandelier in champagne for Astep.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model #548 Table Lamp in Gray and Polished Brass
By Gino Sarfatti, Flos, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model #548 table lamp in gray and polished brass.
Designed in 1951, this is an authorized re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gino Sarfatti, who applies hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Monumental Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/24/14 Chandelier in Black for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/24/14 chandelier in black for Astep.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet innovative appro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model #548 Table Lamp in Gray and Burnished Brass for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Flos, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model #548 table lamp in gray and burnished brass for Astep.
Designed in 1951, this is an authorized 2017 Astep/Flos re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Model #548 Table Lamp in Gray and Polished Brass
By Gino Sarfatti, Flos, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model #548 table lamp in gray and polished brass.
Designed in 1951, this is an authorized re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gino Sarfatti, who applies his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Model 2042/6 Flushmount Ceiling Light by Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 2042/6 flushmount ceiling light. Originally designed in 1963 by Gino Sarfatti. Current production designed and manufactured in Italy by Astep. Available in black painted steel ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Monumental Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/16/20 Glass Chandelier in Black
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/16/20 Glass Chandelier in Black.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet innovative approach t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/16/14 Glass Chandelier in Black
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2109/16/14 Glass Chandelier in Black.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet innovative approach t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/6 Glass Ceiling Light in Black
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/6 Glass Ceiling Light in Black.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet innovative approach to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/3 Glass Ceiling Light in Black
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/3 Glass Ceiling Light in Black.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet innovative approach to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/9 Glass Ceiling Light in Black
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti Model 2042/9 Glass Ceiling Light in Black.
This Astep re-edition of Gino Sarfatti's iconic design faithfully pays homage to his minimalistic yet innovative approach to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Model 2109 /24/14 "Le Sfere" Suspension Light by Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 2109 24 14 suspension light by Gino Sarfatti. Current production designed and manufactured in Denmark. Opaline glass diffuser, steel structure, enameled aluminum armature. In 1...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Gino Sarfatti 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 Gino Sarfatti lighting, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 331 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 165 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original lighting by Gino Sarfatti 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 Barovier&Toso, Carlo Nason, and Arteluce. Prices for Gino Sarfatti lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $321 and can go as high as $187,046, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,833.