Gino Sarfatti Floor Lamp

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Gino sarfatti floor lamp.

With hundreds of lighting designs credited to him gino sarfatti relied on numbers more than names for each of his designs. With a constant dedication to research and innovation he introduced new typologies functions and light sources from the fluorescent tubes to the first halogens. 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 fittings between the mid 1930s and early 1970s. This floor lamp designed in 1968 is slender graceful and intriguing in its disproportions between head and base.

At that time the favoured material of the lighting industry was glass. In model 1063 gino sarfatti seeks to demonstrate the aesthetic value of a visible light source the fluorescent tubular bulb and more luminaires and models followed the first. His father riccardo or dick ran a prosperous business network while his mother lucia known as micaela belonged to the zuccoli family from trieste. 2097 chandelier dimmable pendant lights 1 795 00.

The design of the small re ective cup is strongly in uenced by the new halogen light bulb which gino sarfatti explored and celebrated in model 1095 from both a functional and a dimensional perspective. But when gino sarfatti received the first samples of methacrylate in 1949 50 a new polymer plastic that was much stronger and lighter than glass his experiments led. Rare adjustable floor lamp mod. Base 34 x 34 cm h min max 104 166 cm 13 3 x 13 4 in h min.

Gino sarfatti born september 16 1912 venice italy died march 6 1985 griante como italy was an italian entrepreneur a light and lamp designer and the founder of italian light manufacturing company arteluce he was born into a family of relative wealth as his father riccardo sarfatti was a prosperous jewish food trader and his mother lucia zuccoli was from a prominent catholic. Gino sarfatti 1912 1985 was born in venice on 16th september 1912. 1045 by gino sarfatti italy circa 1948. From legendary designer gino sarfatti this stunning ceiling light is an ultra modern twist on the traditional.