Designed in 1951, the Model 1051/M floor lamp is one of Gino Sarfatti's more minimalist explorations of lightness, balance, and structural clarity. Produced by Arteluce, the lamp combines a slender stem with a delicately proportioned lacquered aluminium reflector and a white stone base, creating a composition that is both visually refined and highly functional. 

Model 1051/M exemplifies Sarfatti's ability to unite technical innovation with sculptural simplicity. Through its restrained palette of materials and meticulously engineered construction, the lamp embodies the designer's modernist vision, in which form is inseparable from function. 

About the designer

Gino Sarfatti (1912-1985) was one of the most influential Italian lighting designers of the twentieth-century. Through founding his company Arteluce in Milan in 1939, he transformed the language of modern lighting through his rigorous experimentation with form, materials, and technology.

Largely self-taught, Sarfatti approached lighting as both a technical and aesthetic discipline, creating more than 600 designs during his career. His work combined industrial innovation with sculptural clarity, often reducing lamps to their essential elements while exploring new possibilities in reflection, balance, and illumination.

From early experiments in the 1940s to iconic designs such as the Model 2097 chandelier (1958), Sarfatti’s lamps became defining objects of Italian modernism. His designs received numerous awards, including multiple Compasso d’Oro recognitions, and continue to be celebrated for their timeless elegance and inventive character.

Today, Sarfatti’s work represents a key chapter in the history of twentieth-century design, bridging the worlds of architecture, technology, and art.