Italian Midcentury Brass Wall Light by Arteluce
View Similar Items
Italian Midcentury Brass Wall Light by Arteluce
About the Item
- Creator:Arteluce (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 9.85 in (25 cm)Width: 24.02 in (61 cm)Depth: 4.34 in (11 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1950s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. wire has been renewed, E 27 light socket.
- Seller Location:Vienna, AT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU105065318593
Arteluce
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.
- Black Austrian Midcentury Zylinder Sconce or Wall Light by J. T. Kalmar ViennaBy J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar LightingLocated in Vienna, ATThis minimalistic and pure Austrian Midcentury zylindrical pair of wall lights with was designed and manufactured by J. T. Kalmar in the 1960s in Vienna Austria. They feature zylind...Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsStainless Steel, Metal
$700 Sale Price / set35% Off - Austrian Midcentury Brass Wall Lamp with white laquered shade by J. T. KalmarBy J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar LightingLocated in Vienna, ATPure and elegant Austrian Midcentury brass wall light with white lacquered zylindrical metal shade, which can be adjusted into different p...Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal, Brass
$685 Sale Price35% OffFree Shipping - Red Austrian Midcentury Brass Zylinder Sconces by J. T. KalmarBy J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar LightingLocated in Vienna, ATThis minimalistic and pure Austrian Midcentury zylindrical Set of three wall lights or sconces were designed and manufactured by J. T. Kalmar in the 1950s in Vienna Austria, Mod. No ...Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsMetal, Brass
- Italian Midcentury Wall-Mounted Glass and Brass Console Table by Fontana ArteBy Fontana ArteLocated in Vienna, ATOriginal and documented mid-century glass and brass console table manufactured by Fontana Arte in Italy in the 1950s. The elliptical console table has its original light turquoise-c...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
MaterialsBrass
- Italian Midcentury Brass Teardrop Wall Mirror in the Style of Fontana ArteBy Fontana ArteLocated in Vienna, ATHandmade Italian midcentury artisanal drop shaped mirror set in brass frame with brass hardware details. In very good overall condition. Its design is close to to pieces by Fontana A...Category
Antique 1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
MaterialsBrass
$1,069 Sale Price65% Off - Italian Midcentury Brass Chandelier Attr. StilnovoBy StilnovoLocated in Vienna, ATA mid-century Italian round brass chandelier. The nature of the design and the quality lead to an attribution by Stilnovo. The Italian brass chandelier is manufactured in Italy aroun...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
MaterialsBrass
- Midcentury wall light mod. 194n by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy.By Gino Sarfatti, ArteluceLocated in Piacenza, ItalyExtending arm wall light model 194n designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce in 1958 circa. The original structure is composed by a ...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsAluminum, Brass
- 1950s Italian Wall Light by Vittoriano Vigano for ArteluceBy Vittoriano Vigano, ArteluceLocated in Sagaponack, NYA wall light or sconce having an asymmetrical adjustable shade in painted white finish with brass stem and bracket.Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsAluminum, Brass
- Arteluce 'Attribution', Adjustable Wall Light, Steel, Acrylic, Italy, 1960sBy ArteluceLocated in High Point, NCA steel and acrylic wall light design and production attributed to Arteluce, Italy, c. 1960s. Variable dimensions, measured in the wall light's maximum extended position. Dimens...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsSteel
- Wall Light by Vittoriano Viganò for Arteluce, 1950By Vittoriano Vigano, ArteluceLocated in Los Angeles, CAWonderful 'Visor' wall light by Vittoriano Vigano for Arteluce designed in Italy, 1950s, egg shell colored enameled aluminium, brass, ca...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass, Aluminum
- 1950s by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Midcentury Italian Design Large Wall SconceBy Scarfatti, ArteluceLocated in Brescia, ITBrass frame and frosted glass shades Rare model. Slight sign to one glass Excellent condition Perfect working order.Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsBrass
- Arteluce "Triana" Italian Wall LampBy ArteluceLocated in Wien, ATArteluce's ”Triana” wall lamp featuring two sets of interchangeable Murano glass. Original condition.Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MaterialsSteel
