Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
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.
Find a collection of vintage Gino Sarfatti lighting now on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Gino Sarfatti
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/1 Champagne 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 aluminum ring. The aluminum ring has a small cut, enabling ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
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, enab...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 238/2 Champagne Mount
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 238/2
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/3 Champagne Mount for Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 2042/3
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, ena...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Italian Mid-Century Wall Sconce
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
Peculiar and rare wall sconce designed by Gino Sarfatti for the fine Italian manufacture, dating from the 1960s.
The base is made through a cylindrical gilded brass structure that s...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Pair of Gino Sarfatti Design Arteluce Italy Production Set Two Wall Lamps 327/2
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Biella, IT
Gino Sarfatti design for Arteluce Italy production set of two wall lamps 327/2 year '59
Measure 48 cm long x 20 cm high x 28 cm deep = 19 inches long x 82 height x 11" deep
M...
Category
1950s Italian Space Age Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 238/2 Black Mount
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 238/2
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Very Rare Suspension Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, circa 1950s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A very rare pendant lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, circa 1950s.
Cup-shaped reflector in white lacquered and coppered aluminium. Counter cup in perforated and nickeled br...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Copper, Nickel
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 238/1 Black Mount by Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 238/1
Design by Gino Sarfatti
The single blown opaline glass sphere is gently held by a Black or Champagne painted aluminum ring. The aluminum ring has a small cut, enabling th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 238/2 Black Mount
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 238/2
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Arteluce “Sarfatti “Mod 136! Brass 1937 Italy
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
Gino Sarfatti.
Category
1930s Italian Other Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
White Metal 5-Lights Wall Lamp Mod. 50 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, '68
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
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...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Applique 3 sfere, Gino Sarfatti per Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Italian engineer Gino Sarfatti started the Arteluce Company in 1939 and would go on to design over 700 lighting products—floor lamps, chandeliers, spotlights, and other light fitting...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/1 Champagne Mount by Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
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...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Mod. 113/5 Light Wall Bracket
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Hanover, MA
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 5-light wall mounted sconce, Model 113/5 (1946-1948); a series of five Model 10 white lacquered aluminum reflector shades connected by bronze patinated brass swivel joints to a 23 inch length of white lacquered "half circle" brass (Arteluce's words).
I would describe it as a bisected 1.5 inch brass tube.
Original Arteluce...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Mod. 34 Variant Adjustable Wall Lamp for Arteluce, Italy 1954
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Milan, IT
Gino Sarfatti Mod. 34 variant grey and burnished brass adjustable wall lamp for Arteluce,
Italy, 1954.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 238/1 Champagne Mount
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 238/1
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Wall Sconce 194n by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful extending arm wall sconce designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce circa 1958.
It is made of a brass multi part arm and...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 238/2 Champagne Mount
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 238/2
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 2042/3 Champagne Mount for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 2042/3
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, enabl...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/2 Champagne Mount for Astep
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Arteluce Applique Glass Brass “Gino Sarfatti” 1955, Italy
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
Gino Sarfatti.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Gino Sarfatti Mid-Century Modern Lamp Model 238/1 Black Mount by Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 237/1 Black Mount by Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Astep
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Set of Four Gino Sarfatti 237/2 Wall Sconces
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Set of four vintage model 237/2 wall sconces by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce.
Two frosted glass globes resting on the black lacquered iron bar support ri...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Model 238/2 Wall Lamp in Champagne for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Flos, Astep
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Model #10 Sconce in Black for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Black Wall Lights Pendant Lamps (2x) Model 194n, 1950
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Vienna, AT
Genuine pair of Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce wall-mounted pendant lamp model 194/N, circa 1950
We have two lights available, priced individually
Great set of 2 wall lights which are ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Chrome
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Mod.142 Rare Table or Wall Lamp, Italy, 1960s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Naples, IT
Rare and great wall or ceiling lamp model 142 designed by Gino Sarfatti, production Arteluce, Italy 1960. This lamp has an aluminium structure and a tubular shade in red painted alum...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Adjustable Sconce #149/N by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in New York, NY
Brass wall mount and extended arm. Black painted metal shade and counter weight. Height can be adjusted and arm moves from side to side. Manufacturers label on inside of shade.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Gino Sarfatti Model #21 Red Perforated Sconces for Arteluce, circa 1955
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model #21 red perforated sconces for Arteluce, circa 1955. Executed in red painted perforated aluminum and brass. Adjustable shade...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Metal
Gino Sarfatti Italian Wall Light Pair of Triple Sconces 237/3 Mid-Century Modern
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gino Sarfatti (1912-1985)
Pair of triple sconces model “237/3”
Manufactured by Arteluce
Italy, 1959
Painted iron, aluminum, glass.
Measurements:
28 cm x 46 cm x 21 H cm eac...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
White Perspex and Black Metal Italian Midcentury Wall Lamps by Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gino Sarfatti (1912-1985)
Pair of wall lamps (two pairs available) (Price per Light not per pair.)
Manufactured by Arteluce
Italy, 1950
Perspex and painted metal
Measurements:
17.8 cm x 22.9 cm x 8.9 cm
7 in x 9 in x 4.5 in
Literature:
MarCo Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: selected works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012
Details:
Each with manufacturer’s paper label (2)
Bio:
Rising above the devastation of World War II, post-war Italian design reached new heights of productivity and ingenuity, particularly in the realm of lighting. Gino Sarfatti is among the most celebrated lighting designers from this fruitful period. Before founding his company Arteluce in 1939, Sarfatti studied aeronautical engineering. He brought the inventiveness of a self-taught outsider to the field of lighting design, while his mechanical background lent lightness and ingenuity of construction. Poetic underpinnings are also evident in lamps such as model no. 1034 (sometimes referred to as the “Vine” lamp...
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1960s Italian Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Four Red Sconces for Arteluce, 1955
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Madrid, ES
Four red sconces designed by Gino Sarfatti and edited by Arteluce in 1955.Adjustable reflectors in coloured lacquered aluminium. Arm, pivot and base in poli...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Sconce "194n" by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Paris, FR
Sconce "194n" by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1950.
Cup in black lacquered aluminium on the outside. Extendable arm and swivel allow horizontal movement, in brass tubing, and counter...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Four Sconces Per Arteluce, 1955
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Rovereta, SM
Four sconces designed by Gino Sarfatti and edited by Arteluce in 1955.Adjustable reflectors in coloured lacquered aluminium. Arm, pivot and base in polished brass. Litt. "Gino Sarfat...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Arteluce Gino Sarfatti Wall Light Brass and Green Metal, 1950
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
Arteluce Gino Sarfatti wall light brass and green metal, 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Rare Gino Sarfatti Wall Scone for Arteluce
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Munich, DE
Rare model signed with paper label.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gino Sarfatti Wall Lights and Sconces
Gino Sarfatti wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.
Gino Sarfatti wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 100 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 6 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces by Barovier&Toso, Arteluce, and Gaetano Sciolari.