20th Century Italian Extendable Arc Floor Lamp c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An elegant arc floor lamp from Italy, circa 1970s, featuring a harmonious blend of materials that exemplify timeless design.
Aluminum
$1,650Sale Price|50% Off
Rare Italian Poker Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare vintage Italian midcentury floor lamp with 4 poker glass diffusers mounted on black metal frame and marble base, made in Italy, circa 1960s Measures: Height 67 inches, top diame...
Marble, Metal
$2,050 / item
Parliament Floor Lamp by Corbusier
By Le Corbusier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Parliament floor lamp by Le Corbusier. Current production manufactured in France by Nemo Lighting. Painted aluminum. Wired for U.S. standards. Shade adjust to various positions. Le C...
Aluminum
Petite Triennale Style Floor Lamp
By Gerald Thurston
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
In the style of Arredoluce or Lightolier is this unusual small scale floor lamp, with adjustable shades. Well made with solid aluminum machined arms, perforated diffusers and pivotin...
Metal
Stitched Leather Italian Floor Lamp
Located in North Miami, FL
Iconic style black cone diffuser floor lamp with vintage hand stitched leather details. SEE ALL pictures. Cone articulates as well as the arm for positioning to your liking. Tri-legg...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Scandinavian Bentwood Floor Lamp, Sweden
Located in Hammarö, SE
An elegant Scandinavian floor lamp produced in Sweden during the 1960s. The lamp features a striking organically curved stem crafted from segmented bentwood, mounted on a circular oa...
Brass
$1,046Sale Price|25% Off
Late 20th Century Modern to Postmodern Brass Plated Torchier Floor Lamp
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely vintage Modern to Postmodern brass plated torchier floor lamp composed of a solid shaft, bowl shaped shade w/acrylic disc & painted metal insert diffusers, halogen lights, rou...
Metal, Brass
$1,118Sale Price|50% Off
Dutch Midcentury Tripod Floor Lamp
Located in Karis, Nyland
Midcentury tripod floor lamp from Holland. This lamp has a white tripod base, black spherical ball screws and it is wrapped in the middle with red plastic. The shade and the diffuser...
Metal
$2,326 / item
Poul Henningsen PH Floor Lamp
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
The fixture is designed based on the principle of a reflective three-shade system, which directs the majority of the light downwards. The shades are made of handblown opal three-laye...
Chrome
$1,219 / item
Verner Panton Panthella Floor Lamp
By Verner Panton, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
The fixture emits a soft and comfortable illumination. The hemispherical shade reflects the light downwards, and the material used ensures that the majority of the light is spread di...
Chrome
20th Century, Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Floor Lamp mod. 2020
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Some notes about the author Max Ingrand: a famous French master glass worker and decorator, he was artistic director of FontanaArte for one decade, starting from 1954. During that ti...
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Articulated diabolo floor lamp, 1970s - Italy
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Beautiful stilnovo inspired floor lamp in white lacquered metal with a diabolo design lamp shade. Both the shade and the lamp itself are articulated so the lamp can be set exactly ...
Metal
1960s Danish Modern Teak Floor Lamp
Located in Victoria, BC
The electrical components function properly and the lamp is ready for everyday use. An elegant example of Mid-Century Scandinavian lighting, equally suited beside a lounge chair, so...
Teak
French Iron Chain Floor Lamp, 1960s
By Pierre Casenove
Located in Chicago, IL
A French iron chain floor lamp from the 1960s. The vertical form is composed of linked iron elements, rising from a three-legged base that echoes the chain construction below. Graph...
Iron
Vintage Lyfa Adina Floor Lamp, 1970s
By Lyfa
Located in BERKEL EN RODENRIJS, NL
Bring home a rare piece of Scandinavian lighting history with this vintage floor lamp by Lyfa, model Adina, dating from the 1970s.
Metal
Floor Lamp by AB Armaturhantverk, Sweden Second half of the 20th Century
By AB Armaturhantverk
Located in Utrecht, NL
The cylindrical shade diffuses light in an even, calming glow, allowing the lamp to shape the room rather than dominate it.
Brass
Vintage Black Lacquered Wrought Iron Floor Lamp with Ivy Leaves, 20th Century
Located in FR
Both decorative and functional, this lamp embodies the charm of mid-century European ironwork, where nature-inspired forms meet timeless design.
Wrought Iron
Reggiani Chrome Floor Lamp – Italy, 1970s
By Gioffredo Reggiani
Located in Lisboa, PT
An authentic collectible from one of Italy’s most revered lighting manufacturers, this floor lamp is a true relic of mid-century design ingenuity.
Chrome
Floor Lamp “Fungus” by Vistosi, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp featuring an organically shaped, mushroom-like shade made of opaline white glass atop a tapered black lacquered base. The hand-blown glass shade emits a soft, diffused lig...
Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Vintage Bamboo Floor Lamp with Seagrass Shade
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage bamboo floor lamp is a striking example of mid-20th century design rooted in natural materials and relaxed sophistication.
Brass, Metal
Swedish Brass Floor Lamp by Fagerhult, Sweden second half of the 20th century
By Fagerhult
Located in Utrecht, NL
Founded in 1945 in Sweden, Fagerhult quickly established itself as a player in Scandinavian lighting design, known for its focus on innovation, quality, and functional elegance. Init...
Brass
Tripod Floor Lamp with Brass Ring
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black Floor Lamp with Brass Floor Ring. Glass Diffuser covers the bulb and acts as the holder for the original fiberglass shade. Lamp is a three way so throws off plenty of light! ...
Metal, Brass
$6,500 / item
Sculptural Turned Wood Floor Lamp, France, 1960
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Sculptural Turned Wood Floor Lamps, France, 1960. A floor lamp in turned wood, France, 1960s.
Wood
Sculptural Wood Floor Lamp by Peter Bloch
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional sculptural floor lamp by American woodworker Peter Bloch, known for his expressive, hand shaped lighting and distinctive wooden shades. Standing 67 inches tall, the la...
Wood
Model "G-014" Floor Lamp by Bergboms, Sweden Second Half of the 20th Century
By Bergboms
Located in Utrecht, NL
This floor lamp exemplifies the modernism brought forth by the mid-century period to Scandinavia.
Brass
Vintage Tripod Form Floor Lamp by Robert Bulmore
By Robert Bulmore
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Tripod Form Floor Lamp attributed to Robert Bulmore. Looks like it requires a Glass Diffuser which we can supply. Will need a Shade specified and fit for the lamp. Height i...
Brass
Vintage Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Midcentury chrome floor lamp with a globe glass lamp shade. Beautiful seventies design. The lamp emits a beautiful diffuse light. Tested and ready to use and works with a re...
Chrome
Rare Sculptural floor lamp by Goffredo Reggiani
By Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare version of this adjustable floor lamp designed by Goffredo Reggiani. Featuring special association of duck blue painted steel structure and hammered copper diffuser. The shade i...
Marble, Copper, Steel
Beautiful Gio Ponti Floor Lamp, 1974
By Gio Ponti, Gioffredo Reggiani
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful and minimalistic Floor Lamp designed by Gio Ponti for Reggiani with an orange-bronze, perforated Aluminium diffuser. Very beautiful, harmonious light. Giovanni "Gio" P...
Stainless Steel
Jasmin Floor Lamp by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
By Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant tripod floor lamp has a mid-century inspired design. The lamp has a brass body with hand-stitched leather accents.
Brass
$1,376 / item
Contemporary Floor Lamp 'Governor' by Lyfa, Brass
By Bent Karlby, Lyfa
Located in Paris, IDF
Contemporary Floor Lamp 'Governor' DIMENSIONS H 130 x Ø 40,5 cm CORD LENGTH 2m black plastic cord with switch LIGHT SOURCE (NOT INCLUDED) Socket: E27 Max wattage: 60 Watt Energy...
Steel
Swedish Modern Floor Lamp in Brass, 1940s.
Located in Karlstad, SE
A beautifully balanced Swedish floor lamp from the 1940s, executed in brass with a warm, time-softened surface. The twin arms extend gracefully from the central stem, each holding a ...
Brass
$19,000 / set
Pair of Ronald Cecil Sportes Bamboo Floor Lamps
By Ronald Cecil Sportes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of cylindrical floor lamps by Ronald Cecil Sportes, c.1990s, France. The lamps each have a white fabric cylindrical diffuser attached by springs to three bamboo rods. The bamboo...
Brass
$4,361 / item
Hammered Brass Floor Lamp Torchère Style, Italy
Located in Puglia, Puglia
An elegant Italian floor lamp in hammered brass. This sculptural piece features a tall, slender column with a richly textured surface, created using a hand-hammered technique that en...
Brass
Vintage Aqua Creations Sculptural Fabric Floor Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This floor lamp takes a striking, elongated cone shape, its silhouette tapering dramatically from a wide, ruffled opening at the top down to a slender, compact base, evoking the orga...
Metal
$18,055 / item
LT8 Floor Lamps by Osvaldo Borsani Tecno
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Rare and refined LT8 floor lamps designed by Osvaldo Borsani and introduced in 1953, a landmark model in the evolution of Italian modern lighting. Produced by Tecno, these lamps exem...
Metal, Brass
J14 Floor lamp by Joseph-André Motte
By Disderot, Joseph-André Motte
Located in Uccle, BE
The J14 floor lamp, designed by Joseph-André Motte, epitomizes timeless elegance and artistic refinement. Its marble base provides a solid and luxurious foundation, while the brass s...
Marble, Brass
Red Acrylic Shade Vintage 1960s Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Italian vintage floor lamp in the taste of the reknown famous mid century brands like Stilnovo or Arredoluce, this piece is made of a cast iron base and stem with painted metal accen...
Metal
German Minimalist Floor Lamp from Bega, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Minimalist floor lamp from Bega. A no-nonsense design in a minimalist design language.
Metal
Vintage Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century chrome floor lamp with a globe glass lamp shade.
Chrome
$1,728 / item
Poul Henningsen Ph 80 Floor Lamp
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
The fixture emits diffuse and symmetrical light. The majority of the light is directed downwards, and the opal acrylic shades provide comfortable room lighting. The red hue of the to...
Chrome
$2,535 / item
Ettore Sottsass Callimaco Floor Lamp for Artemide
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ettore Sottsass 'Callimaco' floor lamp for Artemide. Originally created in 1982, Ettore Sottsass’ “horn” of light creates the remarkable illusion of an oversized musical instrument...
Aluminum
$6,857 / set
Unique Set Floor Lamps by Cosack Leuchten
By Gebrüder Cosack, Cosack Leuchten
Located in Mortsel, BE
Introducing a remarkable set of mid-century floor lamps that exude a captivating space-age style.
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Vintage Stilnovo Metal and Opaline Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Known for its innovative approach, Stilnovo became a leading voice of mid-century modern design. The brand collaborated with renowned designers and architects, creating lamps that co...
Metal, Brass
20th Century Angelo Lelii Floor Lamp with Green Marble Base for Arredoluce, 50s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Designer as well as entrepreneur, Angelo Lelii with his company Arredoluce was able to revolutionize the world of lighting with his choice of high-quality materials and his inexhaust...
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce '1056' Floor Lamp
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, floor lamp, model '1056' chrome-plated metal, methacrylate, lacquered aluminum, iron, Italy, design 1948 Model 1056 stands as an influential example in S...
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome, Iron
$4,131Sale Price|20% Off
Beautiful Zea Floor Lamp by C.Salocchi, Murano Opaline Glass, 20th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Vintage Antique Italian Lighting - Mid century modern Lighting - Collectible lighting A remarkable and highly versatile "Zea" floor lamp designed by Claudio Salocchi and produ...
Opaline Glass
Vintage 20th Century Italian Chrome Floor Lamp With Opaline Shade c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The lower section of the stem subtly curves forward near the base, echoing the shape above and giving the lamp a cohesive, fluid profile. Both understated and sculptural, this piece ...
Metal
$3,408 / item
Murano Glass "Lucilla" Floor Lamp, Angelo Brotto
By Angelo Brotto
Located in Geneve, CH
Murano glass "Lucilla" floor lamp - Angelo Brotto Dimensions: 175 height x 43 diameter cm Materials: brass, Murano glass Designed by Angelo Brotto in 1976. Floor lamp polished b...
Brass
Vintage Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Midcentury chrome floor lamp with a globe glass lamp shade. Beautiful seventies design. The lamp emits a beautiful diffuse light. Tested and ready to use and works with a re...
Chrome
Art Deco Chrome and Glass Floor Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen, Hansen Lighting Co.
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Art Deco, Machine Age, Hollywood Regency style glass and chrome pole lamp, in good, working, ready to use condition. The lamp features a solid glass vertical standard ( p...
Chrome
1980s Akari Floor Lamp by Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Elegant Akari floor lamp designed by Isamu Noguchi in the early 1950s. This sculptural light consists of a hand-formed washi paper shade stretched over a delicate bamboo rib structu...
Metal
Midcentury Modern Red Italian Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This striking 1970s Italian floor lamp captures the bold, futuristic aesthetics of Space Age design. The lamp features a sleek, ultra-thin central stem, finished in vivid red, that e...
Metal
Swedish Modern Floor Lamp in Brass, 1940s
Located in Karlstad, SE
Swedish Modern Floor Lamp in Brass and Wood, Sweden, 1940s Elegant Swedish Modern floor lamp manufactured in Sweden during the 1940s. Combining warm brass with dark wooden details, ...
Brass
Bamboo Floor Lamp By Franco Albini - 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, RM
Crafted with bamboo canes in an hourglass structure. Internally, the fabric lining emits a diffused light.
Fabric, Bamboo
Minimal 4 lights Italian floor lamp
Located in NICE, FR
This lamp exemplifies the mid-century modern design ethos, blending clean lines with functional artistry, making it an ideal choice for both contemporary and retro interiors.
Metal
$1,570 / item
Vico Magistretti 'Claritas' Floor Lamp for Nemo
By Vico Magistretti, Nemo Lighting 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vico Magistretti 'Claritas' floor lamp for Nemo. 'Claritas' is the first lamp designed by Vico Magistretti and produced with Mario Tedeschi in 1946. Cleverly executed in a series of...
Aluminum, Steel
1960s Canadian Modern Bow Floor Lamp in Teak
Located in Victoria, BC
A wrapped cord detail at the center introduces texture and craftsmanship, reinforcing the sculptural quality of the design. The lamp demonstrates the careful balance between organic ...
Teak
$1,469Sale Price|20% Off
Portable Floor Lamp, Metalarte, Enrique Franch, Spain
By Metalarte, Enrique Franch Miret
Located in Mortsel, BE
Introducing the Portable Floor Lamp by Metalarte, a remarkable lighting piece designed by Enrique Franch and crafted in Spain. This floor lamp showcases a sleek and modern design, wi...
Metal
Angelo Lelii Rare Floor Lamp for Arredoluce, 1950s
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Angelo Lelii Floor Lamp for Arredoluce, Brass, Lacquered Metal, and Marble, Italy, 1950s Among Angelo Lelii's most inventive output for Arredoluce, this floor lamp from around 1950s...
Metal
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.
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.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.
There are many lessons to be learned from the lofts, apartments and townhouses of architects and decorators in Manhattan and beyond.
Having created extravagant homes for reality TV’s biggest stars, the designer is stepping into the spotlight with his first book.
The Louisiana-born and -bred architect talks to 1stdibs about the art of making timeless places that matter.
The Palm Springs interior decorator developed a mid-century style that defined the vacation homes of celebrities and other notables, including Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.
The houses from this New York studio cloak modernist tendencies within what are often more traditional trappings.
In the market for a fantastic fixture from the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s? Here are some names to know.