Floor Lamps
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1960s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Rope
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass, Enamel
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Antique, New and Vintage Floor Lamps
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.