$7,073 / item
Sconce Spider 3 Still Arms by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
In 1951, Jacques Adnet commissioned Serge Mouille to create a “large light fixture” for his South American customers: the first three-arm floor lamp was born. This innovative Luminai...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Tall Floor Standing Triple Bulb Boom Light on Tripod Base
Located in Peekskill, NY
The finish is mostly polished aluminum and satin black. The lamp head has a futuristic mid century modern look housing 3 bulbs with polished brass reflectors. it takes E26 bulbs.
Aluminum
$10,158 / item
Sconce Spider 7 Still Arms by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
In 1951, Jacques Adnet commissioned Serge Mouille to create a “large light fixture” for his South American customers: the first three-arm floor lamp was born. This innovative luminai...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Robert Mathieu, Brass, France, 1950s
Located in Encino, CA
Robert Mathieu Adjustable Floor Lamp, France, 1950s Documented in Mobilier et Décoration, No. 3, April 1952 This rare and highly architectural floor lamp is a quintessential example...
Brass
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.
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