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How tall should floor lamps be?
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A floor lamp should typically be between 58 and 64 inches tall. The bottom of the fixture's shade should be slightly below or approximately at the eye level of a person sitting nearby. This will help your guests avoid the lamp's glare.
In addition to illuminating large spaces, floor lamps can light specific seating areas and serve as task lighting (use a taller floor lamp if you wish to keep a fair amount of distance between the fixture and your seating). Integrated into a room's overall design, a floor lamp can create an intimate atmosphere and introduce a stylish, sculptural element.
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In addition to illuminating large spaces, floor lamps can light specific seating areas and serve as task lighting (use a taller floor lamp if you wish to keep a fair amount of distance between the fixture and your seating). Integrated into a room's overall design, a floor lamp can create an intimate atmosphere and introduce a stylish, sculptural element.
Find antique and vintage floor lamps, table lamps and other lighting on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024
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Scandinavian Modern Sculptural Floor Lamps Made in Pine, Sweden 1970s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Floor lamps manufactured in Sweden. It’s made in solid pine. These ones with organically sculptured pine that gives a wonderful floor lamp. The floor lamps have 3 lamp sockets each.
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Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
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Pine
Floor lamp with opaline glass. Italy, Stilnovo, c.1955.
By Stilnovo
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Floor lamp with opaline glass. Italy, Stilnovo, c.1955.
Tripod floor lamp with a metal structure and brass detail. Opaline UFO-style glass with one E27 light fitting.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Metal
French Vintage Brass & Metal Floor Lamp Midcentury Three Lights circa 1950
By Maison Lunel
Located in Labrit, Landes
Midcentury floor lamp circa 1950
Brass and black painted metal
The design of this lamp has been making a regular comeback since the 1950s. It has been revived by several designers, i...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Chromed Steel Floor Lamp with Opaline Glass Shades
Located in Rome, IT
Italian floor lamp from the 1970s, in Space Age design. The structure is in chromed steel with two adjustable spherical light heads. Each head has an external perforated metal shell,...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
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Chrome
Amiga Floor Light
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
AMIGA FLOOR LIGHT, designed in 2025.
Floor light made from hammered metal topped with a delicate fabric lampshade. This piece is hand-crafted in Northern Portugal.
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2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
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Metal
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Antique Sculptural Dutch/Indonesian Art Deco floor lamp, 1920s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An elegant and authentic floor lamp dating to the late Colonial period (circa 1920), likely originating from the former Dutch East Indies. The base is hand-turned from solid teak woo...
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Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Floor Lamps
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Wood, Teak
