Arteluce Furniture
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
Pair of 1950s Gino Sarfatti Model 114 3-Shade Articulating Wall Lights
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of 1950s Gino Sarfatti model 114 3-shade articulating wall lights. Comprised of 3 white painted metal perforated shades mounted on a polished brass "hal...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, 1950s
By Arteluce
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp with a triangular bent brass holding a red painted lamp shade. Original label.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Brass
Articulating Desk Lamp by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce
By Angelo Lelii, Arteluce
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern desk lamp designed by Angelo Lelli with gooseneck arms and a counter-weight and wire system attached to two chrome supports on a marble base. Made by Arredoluce ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Marble, Chrome, Steel
Rare Max Huber Ashtray for Arteluce
By Arteluce
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Max Huber ashtray for Arteluce,
1960's.
Original label.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Wall Sconces Atena Arteluce, 1980 Glass
By Arteluce
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wall sconces Atena Arteluce, 1980.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Modern Arteluce Opaline Glass Sconces Italy
By Arteluce
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Pair of "Jill" Arteluce sconces. Metal frame with opaline glass shades.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Arteluce 1960 Italian Design "591" Table Lamp
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Brescia, IT
"591" lamp
Gino Sarfatti
Arteluce 1964.
Aluminium shade
"Arteluce" Label
Measures: Diameter 12 cm.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Metal Ceiling Lamps by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of two ceiling lamps model 232G by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce.
White lacquered frame and aluminum shade.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti Chandeliere
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in New York, NY
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce five-light hanging fixture #2095. Cascading light with five glass globes hanging at different heights. Each orb contains 1 Edison sized socket. A beautiful...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
1950s by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Midcentury Italian Design Large Wall Sconce
By Scarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Brescia, IT
Brass frame and frosted glass shades
Rare model.
Slight sign to one glass
Excellent condition
Perfect working order.
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Brass
1962 Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Floor Lamp, model 1089
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Italian floor lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, with a plug marked Stilnovo
Original condition.
Please Note: Missing the glass shade
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stephan Copeland Set of Two Desk, Table "Tango" Lamps for Arteluce
By Copeland, Arteluce
Located in Antwerp, BE
Set of two desk lamps model "Tango" designed by Stephan Copeland for Arteluce, Italy.
Flexible soft arms, adjustable in many positions.
Height when fully...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Iron
Arteluce Sconces
By Arteluce
Located in New York, NY
Rare pair of architectural sconces by Arteluce. Chromed steel and polished aluminum structures, supporting large frosted glass shades. One Edison socket per sconce. Signed with manuf...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Adjustable Desk Lamp by Gino Sarfatti
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A desk lamp having a sculptural white textured enameled pedestal base supporting a chrome gooseneck stem and cylindrical shade.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Gino Sarfatti pair of floor lamps model 1074 1950s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in bari, IT
Gino Sarfatti Model: 1074 Year 1957 Exposed light bulb. The cylindrical metal tube in polished aluminum slides along the stem to adjust the light direction. Locked by a rubber washer...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Pair of vintage Italian Gino Sarfatti Model 540 table lamps for Arteluce
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Highclere, Newbury
Pair of original vintage Italian Gino Sarfatti Model 540 table lamps for Arteluce, 1968
The 540 is, unfortunately, one of those designs that has many listings that are being sold as...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Table Lamp Model No. 526 by Massimo Vignelli for Arteluce, 1965
By Arteluce, Massimo Vignelli
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This elegant lamp model 526 was designed in 1965 by Massimo Vignelli for Italian lighting manufacturer Arteluce.
Model 526 is a table lamp with a base that consists of three concave...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti - Lampada da terra mod. 1055
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da terra orientabili disegnata da Gino Sarfatti per Arteluce, modello 1055, Italia 1960 circa.
Ottime condizioni. Cavo Non originale.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti model 1073 Floor Lamps for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti rare model 1086 floor lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1961
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 237 Wall Lamps, Italy 1960s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Gino Sarfatti 237/2 Wall Sconces
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Original pair of vintage model 237/2 wall sconces by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce.
Two frosted glass globes resting on the black lacquered iron bar sup...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti, Rare Murano glass chandelier mod. 2119 by Arteluce. Italy 1961
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Catania, CT
Black and white lacquered metal, nylon, glasses mod. 2119 ceiling light by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce. Designed in 1961. Original vintage condition with normal trace of age and use b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gino Sarfatti 608 wall or ceiling lamps Arteluce Italy 1971
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
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...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Gino Sarfatti Floor lamp 1063 for Arteluce, Italian Design 1950s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Milan, IT
This splendid lamp is an iconic model that has inspired, since 1954, a whole line of design for essential floor lamps and where the tubular light source is placed at the center of at...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal
Table Lamp ‘Tikal 1555’ By Pier Giuseppe Ramella For Arteluce, Italy 1980s
By Arteluce, Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Hellouw, NL
Table lamp 'Tikal 1555' by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce.Did the designer Pier Giuseppe Ramella want to make an abstract reference to the Mayan city of Tikal with this lamp? The...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Glass
Early Red Model 537 Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce, Italy, 1956
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Skokie, IL
Gino Sarfatti early red model 537 table lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1956
Additional Information:
Materials: Enameled aluminum, marble, brass
Dimensions: 14 1/2" H x 15 3/4" Dia.
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Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass, Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti early red model 566 table lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1956
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Skokie, IL
Gino Sarfatti early red model 566 table lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1956
Stunning and Iconic Gino Sarfatti model 565 lamp for Arteluce designed in 1956 in rare red color.
Additional ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Steel
Gino Sarfatti model 595/P wall lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
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 ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Steel
Rare Model 565 Table Lamp by Gino Sarfatti, 1960s
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Skokie, IL
Gino Sarfatti rare model 565 table lamp for Arteluce, Italy, 1960s
Model 565 a direct light table lamp designed in 1956, has distinctive steel spring that holds the spotlight reflector.
Two matching...
Category
20th Century Italian Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Steel
Italian modern metal and chromed steel desk lamp Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce 1970
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black metal and chromed steel desk lamp by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1970s
Desk lamp with table fixing by means of a clamp, with stem in chromed steel rod and cylind...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
Gino Sarfatti Eclipse Floor Lamp, Italy, 1960's
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A chrome-plated and enameled aluminum floor lamp with powder-coated steel base, acrylic shade
Decal manufacturer's label to shade ‘AL Milano Arteluce Made in Italy’.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Gino Sarfatti, Rare Table Lamp Model 600c, 1966 for Arteluce, Italy
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Munster, NRW
Original table lamp 600c, designed by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce in 1966.
Made of black lacquered aluminum and a pouch support in black sky leather, filled with lead shot.
This t...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Model 584/G Table Lamp
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gino Sarfatti for Aretluce model 584/g table lamp. Designed in 1957, unique frosted plastic shade in tones of purple, topped off with a round chrome concave cover and tall hexagonal ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Arteluce Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Arteluce furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Arteluce furniture 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 furniture, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture 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 furniture by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Gae Aulenti, and Ercole Barovier. Prices for Arteluce furniture 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.