Gino Sarfatti floor lamp model 1055 Arteluce Italy 1955

Gino Sarfatti

Italy 1912 – 1984
Engineer, lighting designer

Modernist floor lamp model 1055 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce in Italy in 1955. The black lacquered aluminum socket sleeve slides and swivels, offering versatile positioning for different wishes. A chrome-plated steel stem and a cast iron base with a stylish white lacquered crackle finish. Authenticity guaranteed with Arteluce stickers inside the shade.

Gino Sarfatti – born in Venice in 1912 and with an educational background in engineering – started designing lamps and founded the company ‘Arteluce’ (the art of lighting) in 1939. Arteluce quickly established itself as a leading actor in shaping the modern Italian architectural movement and became a meeting place and hub for many of the leading Italian mid-century designers, including Franco Albini, Gianfranco Frattini, Sergio Asti and Ico Parisi for example.

Sarfatti designed over 400 lighting products and made a significant contribution to innovating lighting design by experimenting with new materials, production methodologies and light sources. In 1951, he first began to work with plexi-glass. Gino Sarfatti was the first to design a lamp that uses halogen bulbs back in 1971. Sarfatti and Arteluce received several design awards including e.g., the prestigious Compasso d’Oro in 1954 and 1955, and the Honorary Diploma at the Milan Triennale. Arteluce was sold to Flos in 1973 and took over production of many lights.

Literature; Gino Sarfatti selected works 1938-1973 Marco Romanelli Sandra Severi 2012, page 451

This lamp is checked in our own atelier, cleaned and is suitable for use in the USA. For US usage we could change the plug, or you can get a converter if needed for a floor or table lamp with transformer in it.