Natural Oak Modern Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp, Ivory Linen Shade, Natural
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The charming sculptural design of the Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp is certain to add character to any room.
Linen, Oak
Black Oak Modern Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp, Belgian Linen Shade
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The charming sculptural design of the Hugo Barbell floor lamp is certain to add character to any room.
Linen, Oak
Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp by Lostine
By Lostine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hugo barbell floor lamp by Lostine.
Oak
White Oak Modern Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp, Belgian Linen Shade
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The charming sculptural design of the Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp is certain to add character to any room.
Linen, Oak
White Oak Modern Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp, Belgian Linen Shade
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The charming sculptural design of the Hugo Barbell Floor Lamp is certain to add character to any room.
Linen, Oak
$3,788 / item
H 63 in Dm 23.63 in
Tulipán Handcrafted Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Tulipán Handcrafted Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 160 cm. Materials: Rosa Morada, fiberglass and linen. Made in Rosa Morada, the two invert...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
$2,050 / item
H 65.3 in Dm 23.6 in
Miguel Milá 'TMM' Floor Lamp in Black Oak and White Parchment for Santa & Cole
By Santa & Cole, Miguel Milà
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Miguel Milá 'TMM' floor lamp in black oak and white parchment for Santa & Cole Founded in 1985 in Barcelona, Santa & Cole produces iconic pieces by such luminaries as llmari Tapiova...
Wood, Parchment Paper, Oak
Classic Mid Century Modern Black Metal Floor Lamp
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage accent metal floor lamp circa 1960's. This piece comes in a black finish and functions with a three-way switch mechanism. Drum shade is not included.
Metal
$2,550
H 68 in W 14 in D 11 in
Heifetz Blackened Oak Sculptural Floor Lamp Pierre Yovanovitch Mid Century
By Heifetz, Yasha Heifetz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Blackened Oak Floor Lamp, designed by Yasha Heifetz for The Heifetz Company, American, circa 1950s. Lamp shade not included. Rewired and ready to use. This lamp has been r...
Wood, Oak
$2,050 / item
H 65.3 in Dm 23.6 in
Miguel Milá 'Tmm' Floor Lamp in Natural Oak and White Parchment for Santa & Cole
By Santa & Cole, Miguel Milà
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Miguel Milá 'TMM' floor lamp in natural oak and white parchment for Santa & Cole. Founded in 1985 in Barcelona, Santa & Cole produces iconic pieces by such luminaries as llm...
Wood, Parchment Paper, Oak
$895
H 71.5 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pine Floor Lamp, Carved, Linen Shade, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish pine floor lamp with new tapered linen shade. Simplistic design with an 11.5" base and a 1.75" thick pole. The shade measures 19 x 19 x 18. Uses a standard size medium base b...
Linen, Pine
$3,764 / item
H 70 in W 13 in D 38 in
Bishop Tall Floor Lamp with Brushed Brass, Blackened-Steel Shade and Black Oak
By John Sorensen-Jolink
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the iconic Bishop’s hook cast-iron street lamps that illuminate New York City’s Williamsburg Bridge, this elegant tall floor lamp is comprised of a blackened-steel hand-s...
Brass, Steel
$2,080 / item
H 65.3 in Dm 23.6 in
Miguel Milá 'Tmm' Floor Lamp in Beech Wood and White Parchment for Santa & Cole
By Miguel Milà, Santa & Cole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Miguel Milá 'Tmm' floor lamp in beech wood and white parchment for Santa & Cole. Founded in 1985 in Barcelona, Santa & Cole produces iconic pieces by such luminaries as llma...
Wood, Parchment Paper, Beech
$4,500 / item
H 57.5 in Dm 16.5 in
Lisa Johansson-Pape 'Senator' Floor Lamp with Charcoal Grey Shade for Innolux Oy
By Innolux Oy, Lisa Johansson-Pape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lisa Johansson-Pape 'Senator' Floor Lamp with Charcoal Grey Shade for Innolux Oy An iconic lamp design by the Finnish master executed in brass, painted aluminum shade, acrylic diffu...
Metal, Brass
$3,788 / item
H 63 in Dm 19.69 in
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 160 cm. Materials: Turned parota wood, fiberglass and linen. The cone is a balanced...
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Sleek Ebonized Wood & Teak Danish Modern Floor Lamp with Iron Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sleek sophisticated Danish Modern midcentury ebonized wood and teak floor lamp with iron base.
Iron
Hand-Sculpted Floor Lamp by J.M. Szymanski, Blackened Steel & Linen
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
LAMP NO. 5 J.M. Szymanski D. 2022 This special floor lamp features a linen shade and a carved steel base. A single A unique take on a classic look, this simple lamp features a custo...
Steel
$10,500 / item
H 73 in Dm 18 in
J.M. Szymanski Floor Lamp: Hand-Sculpted Blackened Steel & Linen Shade
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
LAMP NO. 1 J.M. Szymanski d. 2020 This special floor lamp features a linen shade and a carved steel base. A single tear drop pull is used to operate the lamp. Custom sizes availa...
Steel
Monumental Laurel Lamp Co. Sculpted Black Ebonized Wood Table Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Statuesque Laurel Lamp Company Black grained wood Table Lamp, 1960s. Featuring a handcrafted, biomorphic black ebonized grained wood form on rectangular Black enameled metal platform...
Brass, Metal
1970s Swedish Modern Floor Lamp in Figurative Pine
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark Designer: Unknown Manufacturer: Unknown Era: 1960s Materials: Pine Measurements: 49″ tall Condition: In excellent original condition with typical wear for its vintage.
Pine
James Mont Twisted Oak Dark Walnut Finish Hollywood Regency Standing Lamp
By James Mont
Located in Westport, CT
James Mont standing lamp, dark walnut lacquered finish, midcentury Hollywood Regency design. Mont was born Demetrios Pecintoglu in Istanbul (then Constantinople, capital of the Otto...
Aluminum
Green Onyx Vase
Located in Prague, Czech Republic.
Handcrafted with precision, this vase is inspired by mid-century marble design objects, exuding understated luxury with its sleek simplicity. Eschewing unnecessary embellishments, it...
Onyx
$3,405
H 17 in Dm 20 in
Joe 501 Original Tailored Classic Detailed Handmade Ceiling Light by Wende Reid
By Wende Reid
Located in Chatswood, NSW
Joe Ceiling Lights are inspired by my father's mid-century Mark Cross cuff link box. The geometric shape works with any contemporary, mid-century or art deco decor. We use Italian a...
Brass
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$150 / item
H 8 in Dm 5 in
Handmade Ceramic Vase #606 in Light Burgundy Glaze with Tencel Fringe Details
By Karen Gayle Tinney
Located in Proctorsville, VT
Vase #606 by Karen Gayle Tinney A petite vase perfectly sized to stand alone in a small space or act as a companion to a larger piece. Each vase is formed by hand, making every piec...
Ceramic, Cotton
Rosso Glass Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
Reproduction of a of art deco nickel wall lamp (Bigger one)
Located in Wien, Au
Reproduction of a nickel art deco wall lamp This is a reproduction. ( New ) We have also the same in polished brass. It can be brass and lacuered too. The last photo shows we have t...
Brass, Nickel
$1,631 / item
H 13.78 in Dm 9.45 in
Murano Round Green Glass and Brass Modern Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Very special Murano glass wall light, stylish and elegant, their design truly unique in their kind. Beautiful coloring. The wall light is composed of a brass stem where a system for...
Brass
$5,161 / item
H 61.03 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in
Henry Holland Studio Handmade Brown and White Ceramic Sphere Floor Lamp
By Henry Holland Studio
Located in London, GB
Our "TALL" Floor lamp sits statuesque in any space and commands attention. These stacked spheres echo silhouettes already found in the tableware, each is handmade in our signature Ne...
Earthenware, Linen, Oak
Fine Grade Burchell Zebra Hide
Located in Saint Louis, US
We offer a variety of the finest grade Burchell Zebra Skins straight from South Africa. We hand select each zebra for its uniqueness in color, stripes and natural marks.
Zebra Hide
$2,519 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
$2,880 / item
H 34.5 in W 16.5 in D 28 in
Brass Trolley with Cane, Majuli Bronze, Viya by Vikram Goyal
By Viya by Vikram Goyal
Located in Noida, DL
Brass Trolley with Cane, Majuli Bronze, Viya by Vikram Goyal Trolley in brass & cane. Handmade in India. Sinuous forms in a captivating rhythm of deftly woven cane evoke the dynami...
Brass
$2,375 / item
H 5 in Dm 10 in
Semi Flush Mount in Hand Carved Travertine Marble, Piedra Lighting Collection
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Piedra lighting takes its inspiration from the stone masks of the ancient civilization of Teotihuacán. Carved in the Mexican city of Tecali, which means ‘stone house’ in Nahuatl,...
Onyx
$950 / item
H 25.6 in W 32.67 in D 13.78 in
New Black Wrought Iron Curule Bench with Cushion, Savonarola, Throne
Located in Miami, FL
New black wrought iron curule bench with cushion, Savonarola, Throne. Cushion included.
Iron
$1,550 / item
H 18 in W 12 in D 12 in
Stacked Bone and Brass Powder-Coated Table Lamp with Peekaboo Silver Leaf Shade
By Arvo Ray, Seth Premo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Junius lamp makes a bold statement with its geometric stacked elements that appear almost to float above one another. The lamp is constructed with a powder-coated steel shade and...
Brass, Silver Leaf, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Counterweight Brass Floor Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant floor lamp in brass. The design convinces with the fine design and the combination of cantilever and counterweight. The lamp has two poles that are connected to a angled arm...
Metal
$1,491Sale Price|20% Off
H 74.41 in Dm 17.72 in
Zonca Voghera Minimal Mid-Century Italian Wood and Brass Floor Lamp, 1980s
By Zonca
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing minimal mid-century wood and gilt metal floor lamp. This fantastic item was produced in Italy during the 1980s by Zonca Voghera. This lamp is very beautiful example of the d...
Metal
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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.