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Rare Moss Triple Shade Acrylic / Lucite Floor Lamp, classic mid century modern
Rare Moss Triple Shade Acrylic / Lucite Floor Lamp, classic mid century modern

Rare Moss Triple Shade Acrylic / Lucite Floor Lamp, classic mid century modern

By Moss Lamp Co. 1

Located in Buffalo, NY

Rare Moss Triple Shade Acrylic / Lucite Floor Lamp, classic mid century modern, Almost oriental in

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Acrylic, Fiberglass, Lucite

Mid Century Modern Brass and Wood Floor Lamp With Double Fiberglass Drum Shade
Mid Century Modern Brass and Wood Floor Lamp With Double Fiberglass Drum Shade

Mid Century Modern Brass and Wood Floor Lamp With Double Fiberglass Drum Shade

Located in San Carlos, CA

lamp is finished with a beautiful fiberglass double drum shade. This mid century modern floor lamp is

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Standing Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
Mid-Century Standing Lamp with Milk Glass Shade

Mid-Century Standing Lamp with Milk Glass Shade

By Majestic Lamp Company

Located in Dekalb, IL

c. 1950s; (likely) Majestic Lamp Co. - Los Angeles Mid-century modern floor lamp with tiered

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Organic Modern Floor Lamp Turned Natural Parota Wood Ivory Fiberglass Shade
Organic Modern Floor Lamp Turned Natural Parota Wood Ivory Fiberglass Shade

Organic Modern Floor Lamp Turned Natural Parota Wood Ivory Fiberglass Shade

By Isabel Moncada

Located in San Antonio, TX

TAMARINDO floor lamp was designed for the De Palo collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Its

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Linen, Fiberglass, Wood

Double Shade Fiberglass Lamp Style of Grossman Bobrick Geller MOMA Mid-Century
Double Shade Fiberglass Lamp Style of Grossman Bobrick Geller MOMA Mid-Century

Double Shade Fiberglass Lamp Style of Grossman Bobrick Geller MOMA Mid-Century

By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Mitchell Bobrick

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Rare Mid-Century Modernist lamp design. Active fibrous and translucent shades made in El Segundo

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Paul Mayén, Floor Lamp, Iron, Fiberglass, USA, 1950s
Paul Mayén, Floor Lamp, Iron, Fiberglass, USA, 1950s

Paul Mayén, Floor Lamp, Iron, Fiberglass, USA, 1950s

By Paul Mayen

Located in High Point, NC

A black-lacquered iron and brown fiberglass floor lamp designed and produced by Paul Mayén, USA

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Iron

Brutalist iron chain and fiberglass floor lamp, Netherlands 1960s
Brutalist iron chain and fiberglass floor lamp, Netherlands 1960s

Brutalist iron chain and fiberglass floor lamp, Netherlands 1960s

By Atelier Marolles, Jean Touret

Located in ECHT, NL

Large handcrafted Brutalist floor lamp. The base is made from an antique wrought iron chain. The

Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Floor Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

Mid-Century floorlamp fiberglass braided rope and wood - France 1970-
Mid-Century floorlamp fiberglass braided rope and wood - France 1970-

Mid-Century floorlamp fiberglass braided rope and wood - France 1970-

Located in The Hague, NL

Handcrafted Sculptural Floor Lamp This tall handcrafted floor lamp is a striking blend of

Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Wood, Rattan, Fiberglass

Mid- Century Modern Two-Tier Table Floor Lamp
Mid- Century Modern Two-Tier Table Floor Lamp

Mid- Century Modern Two-Tier Table Floor Lamp

Located in Plainview, NY

A quality Mid-Century Modern two-tier table floor lamp. The Black framed floor lamp features a

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade

Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade

By Isabel Moncada

Located in San Antonio, TX

PATA DE ELEFANTE (LARGE) floor lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Textile, Wood, Linen, Fiberglass

Castiglioni Floor Lamp
Castiglioni Floor Lamp

Castiglioni Floor Lamp

By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Located in New York, NY

Beautiful, rare Castiglioni floor lamp. Spun fiberglass "shade" with a chrome base and floor

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

1970 Table Floor Lamp
1970 Table Floor Lamp

1970 Table Floor Lamp

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

Circa 1970. We offer this Table Floor Lamp made in fiberglass. With dimmer. The original shade have

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Fiberglass

Rare Floor Lamp, 1950s
Rare Floor Lamp, 1950s

Rare Floor Lamp, 1950s

By Bohlmarks

Located in Stockholm, SE

Large fiberglass shade, brass stem with black nylon cord grip and cast iron tripod base.  

Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Tripod Floor Lamp with Brass Ring
Tripod Floor Lamp with Brass Ring

Tripod Floor Lamp with Brass Ring

By Gerald Thurston

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the original fiberglass shade. Lamp is a three way so throws off plenty of light! Overall very nice

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Russel Wright Pivoting Floor Lamp for Fairmont Lamp Company
Russel Wright Pivoting Floor Lamp for Fairmont Lamp Company

Russel Wright Pivoting Floor Lamp for Fairmont Lamp Company

By Russel Wright

Located in Philadelphia, PA

example! Original Fiberglass shade, original paint and patina on brass! Lamp moves in a multitude of

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Space Age Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s
Space Age Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s

Space Age Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s

Located in Żory, PL

This floor rocket lamp was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. It features yellow fiberglass

Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Space Age Floor Lamps

Materials

Fiberglass, Wood

1970s Space Age Midcentury Floor Lamp "Rocket", Czechoslovakia
1970s Space Age Midcentury Floor Lamp "Rocket", Czechoslovakia

1970s Space Age Midcentury Floor Lamp "Rocket", Czechoslovakia

Located in Praha, CZ

Iconic retro design floor lamp. An interesting design piece from the 1960's called 'Rocket

Category

Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Fiberglass, Oak

Italian Floor Lamp by Luci
Italian Floor Lamp by Luci

Italian Floor Lamp by Luci

$2,360Sale Price|20% Off

Italian Floor Lamp by Luci

By luci

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Floor lamp by Luci has a combination of chrome, metal, and marble base. The shade is made of

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Unique Midcentury Modern Gooseneck Floor Lamp with Tray Table
Unique Midcentury Modern Gooseneck Floor Lamp with Tray Table

Unique Midcentury Modern Gooseneck Floor Lamp with Tray Table

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A lamp unlike any other we have encountered. Double shade gooseneck floor lamp with tray table. All

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Floor Lamp Sigla René Kemna for Sirrah, Italy, 1980s
Floor Lamp Sigla René Kemna for Sirrah, Italy, 1980s

Floor Lamp Sigla René Kemna for Sirrah, Italy, 1980s

By Sirrah, Rene Kemna 1

Located in Rijssen, NL

This floor lamp was designed by Rene Kemna for Sirrah in Italy in the 1980s. The structure allow

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Adjustable Floor Lamp Model Faro by Guzzini, Italy 70s
Adjustable Floor Lamp Model Faro by Guzzini, Italy 70s

Adjustable Floor Lamp Model Faro by Guzzini, Italy 70s

By iGuzzini, Harvey Guzzini

Located in Lucija, SI

Rare and superb Mid Century Floor Lamp, model Faro, designed by Harvey Guzzini and produced in

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Steel, Chrome

'Wo-Tum-Bu 1' Japanese Paper & Hand Poured Concrete Floor Lamp for Ingo Maurer
'Wo-Tum-Bu 1' Japanese Paper & Hand Poured Concrete Floor Lamp for Ingo Maurer

'Wo-Tum-Bu 1' Japanese Paper & Hand Poured Concrete Floor Lamp for Ingo Maurer

By Ingo Maurer

Located in Glendale, CA

'Wo-Tum-Bu 1' Japanese paper & hand poured concrete floor lamp for Ingo Maurer Designed and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Concrete, Stainless Steel

Early Bill Lam Fiberglass Floor Table Lamp Tripod
Early Bill Lam Fiberglass Floor Table Lamp Tripod

Early Bill Lam Fiberglass Floor Table Lamp Tripod

By Bill Lam

Located in Sarasota, FL

Early Bill Lam fiberglass table lamp by Lam Inc. Tripod legs with fiberglass shade.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Fiberglass, Walnut

midcentury height adjustable Fibre floorlight, 1960s
midcentury height adjustable Fibre floorlight, 1960s

midcentury height adjustable Fibre floorlight, 1960s

Located in Zevenaar, NL

, ideal for contemporary interiors. The lamp likely draws inspiration from mid-century modern or

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Large four foot tall Modeline style white cylinder table or floor lamp
Large four foot tall Modeline style white cylinder table or floor lamp

Large four foot tall Modeline style white cylinder table or floor lamp

By Modeline Lamp Co.

Located in Ferndale, MI

double as a floor lamp . Soft white mood lighting shines through recently restored shade . Restored

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

American Mid-Century Modern Majestic Floor Lamp with Integral Glass Table
American Mid-Century Modern Majestic Floor Lamp with Integral Glass Table

American Mid-Century Modern Majestic Floor Lamp with Integral Glass Table

By Majestic Lamp Company

Located in Port Hope, ON

This fabulous American Mid-Century Modern, black cerused oak floor lamp with chrome accents

Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

1990s Fiberglass floor lamp “Postkrisi F60” by Catellani & Smith, Italy
1990s Fiberglass floor lamp “Postkrisi F60” by Catellani & Smith, Italy

1990s Fiberglass floor lamp “Postkrisi F60” by Catellani & Smith, Italy

By Cattelani & Smith

Located in Wilnis, UT

A very rare floor lamp, model “Postkrisi F 60”, manufactured by Cattelani & Smith in Italy around

Category

1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Magnificent Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp, 1950’s - 1960’s
Magnificent Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp, 1950’s - 1960’s

Magnificent Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp, 1950’s - 1960’s

Located in Hampstead, QC

Mid-Century Modern floor lamp with side table combined into one unit. Black patinated and brass

Category

Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Unusual, Decorative Solid Brass Floor Lamp with Vintage Shade
Unusual, Decorative Solid Brass Floor Lamp with Vintage Shade

Unusual, Decorative Solid Brass Floor Lamp with Vintage Shade

Located in San Francisco, CA

just as easily be from the 30's as the 50's although the shade is definitely MCM -- Mid-Century Modern

Category

Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Bill Lam Floor Lamp
Bill Lam Floor Lamp

Bill Lam Floor Lamp

Unavailable|$3,200

Bill Lam Floor Lamp

By Bill Lam

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An extremely rare lamp by Bill Lam. This lamp has birchwood base and brass standard. The shade is

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Spun Aluminum Floor Lamp
Spun Aluminum Floor Lamp

Spun Aluminum Floor Lamp

Unavailable|$450

Spun Aluminum Floor Lamp

Located in Valley Stream, NY

Beautiful vintage spun aluminum with bond oak accents, 4 x 18 x 8 fiberglass shade has 13"

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

MCM Italian Floral Petal Base Pendant Floor Lamp
MCM Italian Floral Petal Base Pendant Floor Lamp

MCM Italian Floral Petal Base Pendant Floor Lamp

Located in Pasadena, CA

This Mid-Century Modern Italian floor lamp is an absolute showstopper. The sculptural floral petal

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Floor Lamp, Switzerland, circa 1960
Floor Lamp, Switzerland, circa 1960

Floor Lamp, Switzerland, circa 1960

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This floor lamp looks and works great in most positions and finding that just right angle is part

Category

Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Nickel, Steel

Control Floor Lamp by Mitchell Bobrick
Control Floor Lamp by Mitchell Bobrick

Control Floor Lamp by Mitchell Bobrick

By Mitchell Bobrick

Located in Cathedral City, CA

Designed by Bobrick in the early 1950s for his company, control light. Adjustable fiberglass shade

Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

First Edition H. Klingle Lugano Floor Lamp for Artimeta, 1957
First Edition H. Klingle Lugano Floor Lamp for Artimeta, 1957

First Edition H. Klingle Lugano Floor Lamp for Artimeta, 1957

By Artimeta, H. Klingele 1

Located in Brussels, BE

feet. The shade is made of sprayed fiberglass, same used as the lamps by Achille Castiglioni for Flos

Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Bill Lam Table Lamp
Bill Lam Table Lamp

Bill Lam Table Lamp

Unavailable|$3,500

Bill Lam Table Lamp

By Bill Lam

Located in Lambertville, NJ

fiberglass shade. Unsigned, but guaranteed Bill Lam. (See our listing for Bill Lam floor lamp having

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Midcentury Floor Lamp with Wooden Table in the Style of Greta Grossman
Midcentury Floor Lamp with Wooden Table in the Style of Greta Grossman

Midcentury Floor Lamp with Wooden Table in the Style of Greta Grossman

By Greta Magnusson Grossman

Located in Mount Penn, PA

red Fiberglass lamp shade, affixed to a curved stem on hairpin legs in brass with black enamel, inset

Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Floor / Bridge Lamp Fiberglass & Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Floor / Bridge Lamp Fiberglass & Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Floor / Bridge Lamp Fiberglass & Walnut

By J.T. Kalmar, Modeline Lamp Co.

Located in Fulton, CA

Very unusual Mid-Century Modern floor lamp with fiberglass shade and deffuser with spaceship design

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Fiberglass Floor Lamp, 1950s
Fiberglass Floor Lamp, 1950s

Fiberglass Floor Lamp, 1950s

Located in Vienna, AT

Wonderful 1950s standard lamp with a large fiberglass shade, brass stem with black nylon cord grip

Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Paul Mayen Lamp in Wrought Iron with Fiberglass Shade
Paul Mayen Lamp in Wrought Iron with Fiberglass Shade

Paul Mayen Lamp in Wrought Iron with Fiberglass Shade

By Paul Mayen

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Paul Mayen lamp in wrought iron with fiberglass shade. Hair pin legs support this fret work

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

Mid-Century Adjustable Task Floor Lamp
Mid-Century Adjustable Task Floor Lamp

Mid-Century Adjustable Task Floor Lamp

Located in San Jose, CA

Mid-century task floor lamp with fiberglass shade. This piece has an adjustable arm and shade

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Fiberglass & Wood Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s
Fiberglass & Wood Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s

Fiberglass & Wood Rocket Floor Lamp from Novoplast Sered, 1960s

Located in Żory, PL

This floor rocket lamp was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. It features yellow fiberglass

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Fiberglass, Wood

Heywood Wakefield Floor lamp w/ Drum shade
Heywood Wakefield Floor lamp w/ Drum shade

Heywood Wakefield Floor lamp w/ Drum shade

By Heywood-Wakefield Co.

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Beautiful black lacquer Heywood Wakefield floor lamp. The elegantly tapered body of the lamp is

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Milo Baughman Mid-Century Floor Lamp
Milo Baughman Mid-Century Floor Lamp

Milo Baughman Mid-Century Floor Lamp

By Milo Baughman

Located in San Francisco, CA

Sleek fiberglass floor lamp with frosted glass ball shade. Newly rewired

Category

Vintage 1950s American Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Telescoping Floor Lamp
Mid Century Telescoping Floor Lamp

Mid Century Telescoping Floor Lamp

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Mid Century Modern Enameled black steel floor lamp with brass accents. It has unique telescoping

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel, Brass

Fiberglass 1950s Two Shade Floorlamp
Fiberglass 1950s Two Shade Floorlamp

Fiberglass 1950s Two Shade Floorlamp

By Deutsche WK-Möbel

Located in Antwerp, BE

Vintage midcentury fiberglass lamp. Atomic era design featuring two fluted shades on a sculptural

Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Cocoon floor lamp Mid-Century Hustadt Leuchten, Germany 1960
Cocoon floor lamp Mid-Century Hustadt Leuchten, Germany 1960

Cocoon floor lamp Mid-Century Hustadt Leuchten, Germany 1960

Located in The Hague, NL

intriguing use of materials. The shade is made of very special sculptured fiberglass, the fixture is chrome

Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

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Mid Century Floor Lamp Fiberglass Shade For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the mid century floor lamp fiberglass shade you’re looking for. A mid century floor lamp fiberglass shade — often made from fiberglass, metal and plastic — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer mid century floor lamp fiberglass shade, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A mid century floor lamp fiberglass shade is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made mid century floor lamp fiberglass shade over the years, but those crafted by Deutsche WK-Möbel, Heywood-Wakefield Co. and Paul Mayen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Mid Century Floor Lamp Fiberglass Shade?

A mid century floor lamp fiberglass shade can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,506, while the lowest priced sells for $795 and the highest can go for as much as $9,500.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right Floor-lamps for You

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.