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Flip Top Floor Lamp

Art Deco Spun Aluminum Flip-Top Floor Lamp By Kurt Versen
By Kurt Versen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Machine-age, art deco, spun aluminum "Flip-Top" floor lamp by Kurt Versen offers incredible design
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Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Vintage Kurt Versen Style Mid Century Flip Top Convertible Chrome Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kurt Versen style flip top convertible chrome floor lamp with original white acrylic shade. Arm
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

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Kurt Versen Flip-top Floor Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Kurt Versen flip-top floor lamp, spun aluminum shade with steel base and bronze fittings, can be
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Vintage 1930s American Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel, Bronze

Flip Top Floor Lamp by Kurt Verson
Located in Ferndale, MI
Flip Top Floor Lamp by Kurt Verson. Flip to Reading or Torchiere
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Vintage 1940s American Floor Lamps

Rewire "Flip-Top" Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
flip-top floor lamp...downlight and torchiere capability. made of aluminum and plated copper and
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21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Chrome and Acrylic Flip-Top Floor Lamp
Located in San Mateo, CA
Flip-top floor lamp in the style of Kurt Versen. The shade can be placed in an upward or downward
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Chrome and Acrylic Flip-Top Floor Lamp
Chrome and Acrylic Flip-Top Floor Lamp
H 63.24 in W 16 in D 16 in
Kurt Versen "Flip Top" Floor Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Spun aluminum machine age floor lamp by Kurt Versen for Lightolier. Bowl holds two bulbs and flips
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Vintage 1930s American Floor Lamps

Brass Modern Flip top Floor Lamp
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#4-301 a Brass 1940's Italian Floor lamp.Top flis to up or down lite
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Vintage 1940s Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Kurt Versen Bronze Flip-Top Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with new flip-top silk shade. When the shade is flipped the depth of the lamp is extended and the top
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Kurt Versen Aluminum Flip-Top Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kurt Versen aluminum floor lamp, USA c.1950s. The lamp features an aluminum base and stem with a
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Kurt Versen Aluminum Flip-Top Floor Lamp
Kurt Versen Aluminum Flip-Top Floor Lamp
H 57.5 in W 20 in D 16.5 in
1960s Italian Flip Shade Floor Lamp in the manner of Arteluce / Arredoluce
By Arteluce
Located in Oakland, CA
1960s Italian multi function (Flip Top) floor lamp, possibly Arteluce or Arredoluce manufacture
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Kurt Versen Flip Top Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A industrial styled floor lamp on a spun aluminum base and pole with a shade that flips up for a
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Vintage 1950s American Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Kurt Versen Flip Top Lamp
Kurt Versen Flip Top Lamp
H 56.5 in Dm 20 in
Mid-Century Kurt Versen Flip-Top Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Original fiberglass shade on a chrome and black enameled lamp body. Shade points up or down to the
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Early Modernist Design by Kurt Versen "Flip" Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Oakland, CA
Brass and aluminum "Flip-Top" design floor lamp by Swedish born, American designer Kurt Versen
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Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Kurt Versen Brushed Aluminum & Brass Flip Top Floor Lamp with White Shade, 1930s
By Kurt Versen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Modernist Kurt Versen Brushed Aluminum and Brass Flip Top Reading Floor Lamp. Featuring Brushed
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Kurt Versen Brushed Aluminum Flip Top Floor Lamp with White Linen Shade, C. 1940
By Kurt Versen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Original Kurt Versen Machine Age Tall Brushed Aluminum Floor Lamp. Shade flips up for upright or
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Flip-top Floor Lamp by Kurt Versen
By Kurt Versen
Located in New York, NY
example of one of the few successful flip-top lamps from the period.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Aluminum Flip-Top Floor Lamp Kurt Verssen Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These great floor lamps are based on a 1935 Kurt Verssen design, modified to better suit today's
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21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Brushed Aluminum Flip Top Floor Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of striking brushed aluminum base with replaced parchment shades.
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20th Century Floor Lamps

Polished Reflector Flip Top Floor Lamp After George Nelson
By George Nelson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"Half Nelson" table lamp designed by George Nelson. Ours is a floor version in all aluminum, just
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Modern Contemporary Kurt Versen Flip-Top Floor Lamp, Mid-20th Century
By Kurt Versen
Located in Pasadena, CA
" Shade: Top diameter 16.5", bottom diameter 11", height 5".
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Copper

Art Deco "Flip Top" Floor Lamp Kurt Versen Style New Custom Made
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These great versatile floor lamps are based on a 1935 Kurt Versen design updated to better suit
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21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Original Streamline Kurt Verssen Floor Lamp w/ Flip Up Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an original Kurt Verssen floor lamp. It has a laced fiberglass shade and holds two light
Category

20th Century American Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Flip Top Lamp by TFTM
By Tftm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These great versatile floor lamps are based on a 1935 Kurt Versen design updated to better suit
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21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Flip Top Lamp by TFTM
Flip Top Lamp by TFTM
H 63 in W 19.5 in D 17 in
Copper "Flip Top" Lamp by Kurt Versen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This "flip top" lamp has all the classic trademarks of Kurt Versen's iconic lamp, but executed in
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Vintage 1930s Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Copper

Kurt Versen Brass Flip-Top Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Tucson, AZ
Convertible flip-top brass floor lamp designed by Kurt Versen for Nessen. Original shade with whip
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Flip-Top Floor Lamp in Manner of Kurt Versen
By Kurt Versen
Located in Dallas, TX
Original stitched fiberglass shade. Solid brass construction, with new black enamel. Rewired with black silk cord and ready to go. Heavily weighted cast iron under-base. Shines d...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Convertible Midcentury Art Deco Floor Lamp by Kurt Versen
By Kurt Versen
Located in Oakland, CA
This flip-top convertible floor lamp by Kurt Versen was created in the “Deco Era” but it certainly
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

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Art Deco Machine Age Torchiere Floor Lamp by Rohde for Mutual Sunset Lamp Co.
By Mutual Sunset Lamp Co., Gilbert Rohde
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Rare Gilbert Rohde designed torchiere floor lamp, made by the Mutual Sunset Lamp Co. c 1934. This lamp is in the harder to find brown and chrome color way, however this example show...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Kurt Versen Flip Shade Floor Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We offer free curbside viewing of this item within the 5 boroughs of New York City or by appointment at our Brooklyn studio. We have here a handsome and versatile Machine Age floo...
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Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Chrome

Kurt Versen Flip Shade Floor Lamp
Kurt Versen Flip Shade Floor Lamp
H 62 in W 17 in D 17 in
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Flip Top Floor Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal flip top floor lamp for your home. Frequently made of metal, aluminum and brass, every flip top floor lamp was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect flip top floor lamp — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each flip top floor lamp bearing Art Deco or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one flip top floor lamp that is appealing in its simplicity, but Kurt Versen produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Flip Top Floor Lamp?

Prices for a flip top floor lamp start at $750 and top out at $5,000 with the average selling for $2,100.

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.

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