Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Creator: Arteluce
nice pair of vittoriano vigano wall sconces for arteluce
Located in Munich, DE
rare matching pair of signed arteluce sconces.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Cini Boeri for Arteluce Mod.235 Wall Lamp, Italy 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Arteluce
Located in Naples, IT
An ivory and cracquele' lacquered aluminium wall light, it can be mounted downwards or as an upward light.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Model 50 Wall Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1968
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce "SP14" Spotlights, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
"SP14" ceiling lamps designed by Gino Sarfatti for Artluce. Available 5 in chrome-plated metal
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Mod. 36 Wall Lamp, Italy 1955
Located in Naples, IT
Wall sconce Mod. "36" in chromed metal designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy 1955.
The lamp is structured with a horizontal chromed arm connected to a square metal plate, wh...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Pair of 1950s Gino Sarfatti Cylindrical Metal and Brass Sconces for Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of 1950s Gino Sarfatti Cylindrical Metal and Brass Sconces for Arteluce. Executed in black painted aluminum with a brass backplate. Double ball jointed arm allows flexible shade...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Aluminum, Brass
Vittoriano Vigano wallsconce for Arteluce
Located in Munich, DE
nice wallsconce by arteluce - we can offer a few in various versions...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti, Wall Light, model 211, designed 1955, made by Arteluce 1950s
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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Aluminum
Rare double signed Arteluce wall sconce by Vittoriano Vigano
By Arteluce
Located in Munich, DE
very nice, double signed arteluce wall sconce. rare version.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Pair of Italian Sconces Model 237/2 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 50s Wall Lamp
Located in Lyon, FR
Pair of wall lamps model 237/2 of the famous Italian designer Gino Sarfatti published by Arteluce in the 1950s. Black lacquered metal structure (original paint) and double diffusers ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Adjustable Wall Light, model 205, Italy 1955
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Gino Sarfatti, Model 205 Wall Light, designed 1955 and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy.
This rare model is illustrated in the Sarfatti catalogue raisonée.
Constructed from an opali...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti Model 31B Wall Lights, Italy, 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful pair of minimalist wall lights model 31B designed by Gino Sarfatti, manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1950 with black enameled metal shades on chrome plated double-joint adju...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti mod. 213 Pair of Sarfatti wall lamps Arteluce Italy 1956
Located in Rovereta, SM
Gino Sarfatti mod. 213 Pair of Sarfatti wall lamps Arteluce Italy 1956
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce ‘181’ Wall Light
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, wall light, model ‘181’, lacquered steel, coated steel, lacquered aluminum, brass, Italy, 1951
This wall light, a variation on model 181, is designed by ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Rare Adjustable Wall Light, model 197, 1953
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
This is a very rare extendable wall light, Model 197, designed in 1953 by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce.
Black lacquered aluminum diffuser on a brass adjustable arm.
Max...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti model 211 sconces Arteluce Italy 1955
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare in two tone black and grey model 211 wall lamps designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce in Italy in 1955. Indirect light wall lamp, vertical or horizontal end pie...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti aluminium & plexiglass wall lamp model 3 by Arteluce, Italy, 1950s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare and fascinating adjustable wall lamp of Model 3, designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce in Italy in the 1950s. Characterized by an adjustable lampshade, this lamp ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Aluminum
Vittoriano Vigano for Arteluce, Rare Articulated Wall Light, Italian 1950s
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
This is a rare design, featuring Vigano's distinctive conical shade mounted on an articulated brass arm with circular wall mount. The hinged arm allows the shade to be moved in multi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Pair of Model 225 White Wall Lights, 1957
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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Model 169/2 Wall Light, Designed 1952
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Model 169/2 Wall Light, Designed 1952
Lacquered brass twin adjustable arms with black and white shades (repainted), each with perforated band allowing li...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Rare Early Triple Wall Light, circa 1940
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Wall Light by Vittoriano Viganò for Arteluce, 1950
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
1960s Gino Sarfatti Model #26b Blue and Brass Wall Lamp for 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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Model 259/2 wall lamps by Massimo Vignelli for Arteluce, 1964
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Pair of Model 238/2 Wall Lamp, Italy 1960s
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Pair of Model 238/1 Wall Lamp, Italy 19850s
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 Light Ball table, ceiling and wall lamp by Castiglioni, Flos
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Brass
Gino Sarfatti wall lamp model 3 Arteluce Italy 1950
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Midcentury wall light mod. 194n by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy.
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Aluminum, Brass
Rare Couple gino Sarfatti wall lamps model 169/2 Arteluce Italia 1952
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Brass
Gino Sarfatti model 36 sconces Arteluce Italy 1955
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
SARFATTI Gino - ARTELUCE -Pair of brass wall or floor sconces
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 237/2 Wall Lamp, Italy 1960s
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti Large Wall Lamp model 225, Arteluce Italy 1957
Located in Den Haag, NL
Gino Sarfatti Large Wall Lamp model 225, Arteluce Italy 1957
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 237 Wall Lamps, Italy 1960s
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti model 213 wall lamp Arteluce Italy 1956
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Gino Sarfatti Model 31B Wall Lights, Italy, 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful minimalist wall lights model 31B designed by Gino Sarfatti, manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1950 with black enameled metal shades on chrome plated double-joint adjustable a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Castiglioni Metal "Light Ball" Italian Sconce for Arteluce and Flos, 1960s
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
XL Mod. 252/p Sconces by Arteluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
XL Mod. 252/p Sconces by Vittorio Gregotti, Lodovico Meneghetti, and Giotto Stoppino for Arteluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, in 1966. Large wall lamps comprising of silver ...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Gino Sarfatti Metal and Seguso Glass Sconce for Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
1960s Gino Sarfatti Metal and Seguso Glass Sconce for Arteluce. Executed in hand blown bubbled Seguso glass and painted metal. The simplicity of Sarfatti's design and the sculptural ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
20th Century Gino Sarfatti Adjustable Wall Lamp Mod. 194 for Arteluce, 1950s
Located in Turin, Turin
The Italian designer and businessman Gino Sarfatti was born in 1912 in Venice. After studying aeronaval engineering in Genova, he founded the Arteluce company in 1939 in Milan. His w...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Metal
20th Century Gino Sarfatti Set of 3 Wall Lamps Mod. 238/2 for Arteluce, 1960s
Located in Turin, Turin
Gino Sarfatti was an Italian designer and businessman born in 1912 in Venice. After studying aeronaval engineering in Genova, he founded the Arteluce company in 1939 in Milan. Its pu...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti 608 wall or ceiling lamps Arteluce Italy 1971
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Highly rare set of model 608 wall or ceiling lamps designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1971. Visible large light bulb. Suppo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Chrome
Model 237-3 wall lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy 1950's
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This amazing wall sconce was designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce in the 1950's. It has an elegant black lacquered metal frame that holds 3 transparent glass globes. With the right...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti model 169/4 wall lamp Arteluce Italy 1952
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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Gino Sarfatti mod. 238/5 applique - 1960’s
By Arteluce
Located in Knokke-Heist, BE
Gino Sarfatti
Wall light 238/5, designed in 1960
painted metal and glass
Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan
With the editor's label on the metal
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Rare Pair of Wall Lights, Model No. 121 Gino Sarfatti
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 Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Italian mid-century steel Wall light nr. 232 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern steel Wall light nr. 232 by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1960s
Pair of wall lights mod nr. 232 with a round metal base. The spherical steel diffuser is supp...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Steel
Gino Sarfatti Set of Two Wall Lamps 238/2 in Aluminium and Glass by Arteluce 60s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two wall lamps model 238/2 with supports in white painted metal, lampshades in blown glass and white enameled aluminum, designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce duri...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti model 595/P wall lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s
Located in Skokie, IL
Gino Sarfatti model 595/P wall lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s in all original condition retaining original sticker label to shade.
Additional Information:
Materials: Chrome plated ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
20th Century Gino Sarfatti Set of 6 Wall Lamps Mod. 36 for Arteluce, 1950s
Located in Turin, Turin
Gino Sarfatti was an Italian designer and businessman born in 1912 in Venice. After studying aeronaval engineering in Genova, he founded the Arteluce company in 1939 in Milan. Its purpose is lighting fixtures, lighting applications, furniture components as well as the study and manufacture of furniture.
He won many international awards, including, in 1954 and 1955, the Compasso d'oro, with models 559 and 1055.
In December 1973, the year he won the Gold Medal at the 15th Triennale, he sold the company, which is no longer in operation today.
Here we have set of 6 wall lamps...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Very Rare, Sculptural, Big, Early and Minimalistic Wall Sconce by Gino Sarfatti
Located in Munich, DE
Very rare modernist wall lamp model no. 205 designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1955 and made by Arteluce. The light has a black lacquered shade with an white opaline glass diffuser on one ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Wall Lamp 265 by Paolo Rizzatto for Arteluce
Located in Brussels , BE
Mid-Century Modern wall lamp 265 by Paolo Rizzatto for Arteluce.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce 'Ochetta' Wall Lights
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Arteluce, 'Ochetta' wall lights, model 141, metal, frosted glass, Italy, 1962.
The 'Ochetta' wall lights were designed by Franco Albini and Franca ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Italian Design Classic Paolo Rizzatto Model 265 Wall Lamp, Arteluce, 1960s
Located in Renens, CH
An Early pre-Flos model 265 counter balance wall lamp in black metal by Paolo Rizzatto; the lamp can rotate into many directions, and provides a dire...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Metal
Gino Sarfatti 194/N Wall Lamp Arteluce Italy 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice large sized extendable wall lamp model 194/n designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1950. This lamp is constructed by an engineer’s mind, that is cle...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Aluminum, Chrome
Very Rare Suspension Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, circa 1950s
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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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Brass, Aluminum, Copper, Nickel
Arteluce "Triana" Italian Wall Lamp
By Arteluce
Located in Wien, AT
Arteluce's ”Triana” wall lamp featuring two sets of interchangeable Murano glass.
Original condition.
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
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