MIRA Minimal Italian Floor Lamp in Burnished Metal
Located in Montevarchi, IT
Mira is a handcrafted metal floor lamp made in Italy, defined by a slender and essential silhouette with refined vertical proportions. The structure is meticulously worked and finis...
Metal
Thalia Rattan Floor Lamp - Double Head Handcrafted Woven Rattan Standing Lamp
Located in Oxford, GB
Thalia — Floor Lamp Designed by Bill Parry for Rattanology There is a moment, just after dusk, when a room needs only one thing. The Thalia knows what it is. Drawing from the lang...
Brass
Rattan Floor Lamp Calyx - Handcrafted Natural Pencil Reed Tall Standing Lamp
Located in Oxford, GB
Calyx — Floor Lamp Designed by Bill Parry for Rattanology Two stems. Two lights. One conversation. The Calyx rises from a coiled rattan base — two braided stems twisting upward, e...
Brass
Angelo Lelii floor lamp model 14002 Arredoluce 1966
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
An exceptional example of Italian modernist design, this elegant floor lamp (model 14002) was designed by Angelo Lelii and produced by Arredoluce in Italy 1966. A true icon of minima...
Metal, Chrome
Danish 1960s Three-Arm Floor Lamp in Brass
Located in Nørre Aaby, DK
A three-arm floor lamp in rosewood and brass, Danish design, 1960s. The lamp combines warm rosewood with brass details and provides a pleasant, well-diffused light. The base measure...
Brass
Chimera Floor Lamp By Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Charmes, FR
Very good condition for this 1st edition with neon of the iconic Chimera floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide and produced in Italy in the 1960s. Metal base with obvi...
Plexiglass
Vintage Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Toni Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in New York, NY
This impressive floor lamp is an iconic work by the celebrated designer Toni Zuccheri for VeArt, Italy, circa 1970s.
Murano Glass
Scandinavian Modern Tripod Floor Lamp, Finland, 1960s
Located in Kangasala, FI
The lamp features a slender black-painted metal base paired with a tall tapered textured paper shade, creating a clean architectural silhouette characteristic of Finnish mid-century ...
Metal
Wabi sabi natural fiber floor lamp, Denmark 1960s
By Axel Vervoordt, Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet, Hans J. Wegner
Located in ECHT, NL
Mid century floor lamp. It has a wooden (teak) tripod base with a cylindrical shade.
Natural Fiber, Wood
Scandinavian Modern Tripod Floor Lamp, Finland, 1960s
Located in Kangasala, FI
Characterized by its balanced proportions and understated elegance, the lamp is a fine example of Finnish mid-century lighting design.
Metal, Brass
Stem Floor Lamp With Glass Sphere BAG Turgi
By BAG Turgi
Located in Mortsel, BE
Introducing the Stem Floor Lamp with Glass Sphere, crafted by BAG Turgi, Switzerland. This minimalistic floor lamp showcases a sleek and understated design that effortlessly blends f...
Metal
Midcentury Floor Lamp, Made in Denmark, 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
Elegant Mid-Century Modern Three-Arm Floor Lamp in Brass with New Fabric Shades, Denmark, 1950s–1960s A refined and sculptural Danish Mid-Century Modern floor lamp, featuring three ...
Metal, Brass
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Stylos floor lamp by Achille Castiglioni for Flos
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in LYON, FR
Stylos floor lamp by Achille Castiglioni for Flos Maison Lecan presents this iconic 1980s floor lamp by Achille Castiglioni for Flos. This is the "Stylos" floor lamp, a well-known ...
Plastic
Gino Sarfatti 1084 floor lamp Arteluce Italy 1962
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
An exceptionally rare and highly collectible floor lamp, model 1084, designed by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce, Italy, 1962. A landmark object in the canon of postwar Italia...
Metal, Aluminum
French sculptural floor lamp in twisted wood, circa 1930
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A superb French floor lamp from the 1930s, remarkable for its finely sculpted column with a continuous twist, inspired by the traditional barley twist motif. This piece presents a sl...
Wood
Murano Glass Floor Lamp with Bronze Patinated Base 1950s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Mid Century Italian Floor Lamp in Patinated Brass and Murano Glass Shade 1950s A slender floor lamp composed of a tubular brass stem rising from a weighted circular base, supporting...
Bronze
Gianfranco Frattini Metal Floor Lamp for Relco, 1970
By Relco Milano, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianfranco Frattini Metal Floor Lamp for Relco, metal and glass, Italy, 1970 The structure reads first. A tall black grid rises like a measured scaffold, turning the lamp into a ver...
Metal
Angelo Lelii Arredoluce standard floor lamp Italy 1956
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This minimalist floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelii and manufactured by Arredoluce in Italy in 1956, is an exquisite example of mid-century lighting design.
Marble, Metal
Rare Midcentury Wooden Floor Lamp by Domus, 1960s
By Domus
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This elegant Domus floor lamp from the 1960s is a timeless piece of midcentury design, combining natural materials with functional craftsmanship. The lamp features a beautifully craf...
Textile, Teak
$7,375 / item
'Dornstab' Floor Lamp by J.T. Kalmar
By Kalmar Lighting, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Utrecht, NL
All new, contemporary edition of J.T. Kalmar's iconic 'Dornstab' design from 1947 in exclusive hardwood (Paul Ferro) or Wenge & bronzed brass base with silk fabric lamp shade. Made a...
Brass
1960s Czechoslovak Space Age Rocket Floor Lamp
Located in Praha, CZ
Exceptional Space Age floor lamp produced in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s.
Fiberglass, Wood
$3,506 / item
Josep Aregall Alta Costura Floor lamp For Parachilna
By Josep Aregall Fuste
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Aregall Alta Costura Floor lamp For Parachilna ALTA COSTURA is a lamp composed of a diffuser that wraps around a steel mast with a textured black finish. It maintains its sha...
Steel
Stilnovo Alberello floor lamp marble brass Italy 1960
By Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This striking lamp embodies the sophisticated mid-century modern aesthetic that Stilnovo is famous for, combining luxurious materials with a sleek, contemporary design.
Marble, Brass
Sculptural Chromed floor lamp by Lamperti Italy 1970's
By Lamperti
Located in Brussels, BE
A striking mid-century Italian floor lamp by Lamperti, crafted in polished chrome, circa 1960s.
Steel, Chrome
Ignazio Gardella “LTE6” Floor Lamp for Azucena, 1954
By Ignazio Gardella, Azucena
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Ignazio Gardella “LTE6” floor lamp for Azucena, brass, glass, and marble, Italy, 1954. Designed for Azucena in 1950s, this "LTE6" floor lamp recalls the modernist aesthetics and for...
Marble, Brass
$4,660 / item
Jordi Veciana Alistair P Floor Lamp For Parachilna
By Jordi Veciana
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Veciana Alistair P Floor Lamp For Parachilna Formed by basic geometric shapes: circle base, squared structure and opal hand-blown glass cylindrical diffuser. This lamp is just...
Steel
Tall Conical Floor Lamp in Horn Marquetry, Nima
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York City, NY
There are certain pieces that command attention in a room and this floor lamp, with its hexagonal horn chips onlaid over wood, is one such piece. Skilled artisans painstakingly hand-...
Bone
Angelo Lelii “Polifemo” Floor Lamp for Arredoluce, 1956
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
The "Polifemo" floor lamp, designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce in 1956, is a notable and rare object d'art from the mid-20th century Italian design representative of the post-war...
Marble, Brass, Iron
Adjustable Midcentury Wooden Floor Lamp by Domus, 1960s
By Domus
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This elegant Domus floor lamp from the 1960s is a timeless piece of midcentury design, combining natural materials with functional craftsmanship. The lamp features a beautifully craf...
Textile, Teak
Tall Conical Floor Lamp in Bone Marquetry, Nima
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York City, NY
There are certain pieces that command attention in a room and this floor lamp, with its hexagonal camel bone chips inlaid over wood, is one such piece. A blend of artful design and m...
Bone
Floor Lamp "Birillo" Designed by Carlo Nason, 1960s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Palermo, PA
Step into a world of timeless elegance with Birillo, the original vintage floor lamp designed Carlo Nason in the 1960s. This exceptional piece of artistry showcases the perfect blend...
Metal, Chrome
Rice paper floor lamp, attributed to Temde, circa 1970
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Floor lamp attributed to Temde, produced circa 1970. Cylindrical rice paper shade mounted on a black lacquered metal structure with a tripod base. The fibrous paper softly diffuses ...
Metal
Serpente Floor Lamp by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce
By Elio Martinelli, Martinelli Luce
Located in London, GB
The Serpente floor lamp, designed in 1965 by Italian designer Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, stands as an enduring icon of mid century modern and Space Age design.
Metal
Vintage Boho Polished Chrome Halogen Floor Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Embrace the sleek, sculptural minimalism of the Postmodern era with this striking chrome torchiere floor lamp. Its design is a lesson in refined simplicity, featuring a slender colum...
Chrome
Vintage 20th Century Italian Floor Lamp By Harvey Guzzini For Guzzini c.1970
By Harvey Guzzini, Guzzini
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A striking vintage floor lamp designed by Harvey Guzzini for Guzzini, Italy, dating to the 1970s.
Murano Glass
Gino Sarfatti model 1051 floor lamp Arteluce Italy 1966
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A stunning and rare minimalist floor lamp, model 1051, designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce in Italy in 1966.
Metal
Italian Murano Glass Floor Lamp "Opo" By Giusto Toso
By Giusto Toso, Leucos
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Murano glass "Opo" Floor Lamp by Giusto Toso in the 1970s for Leucos. Cylindrical hand-blown Murano glass diffuser fitted with a dimmer
Art Glass
Bertil Brisborg for Nordiska Kompaniet, Swedish Mid-Century Brass Table Lamp, 19
By Bertil Brisborg, NK (Nordiska Kompaniet)
Located in Hammarö, SE
Designed by Bertil Brisborg for Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), this elegant Swedish Modern table lamp is a fine example of Scandinavian lighting design from the 1950s. The lamp features Br...
Brass
Luigi Caccia Dominioni Floor Lamp 'LTE 1', 1947
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in Berlin, DE
LTE 1 floor lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena Iron base and diffuser in enameled aluminium Manufactured by Azucena Italy --------------------------- Luigi Caccia Domin...
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Early Stilnovo Double-Cone Floor Lamp (Original Label)
By Stilnovo
Located in North Miami, FL
This is ALL ORIGINAL labelled Stilnovo early manufactured floor lamp with double diffusers. Red cone and white acrylic and bronze base - VERY modern and geometric. This is a rare p...
Metal
Angelo Lelli Floor Lamp Model 14002 Arredoluce, 1966
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice Minimalist floor lamp model 14002 designed by Angelo Lelli and manufactured by Arredoluce, Italy, 1966. The lamp has a metal base with incorporated transformer and on/off s...
Metal
Gino Sarfatti model 1051 floor lamps Arteluce Italy 1966
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A masterpiece of mid-century modern design, these lamps exude simplicity and sophistication, showcasing Sarfatti’s unparalleled approach to functional yet artistic lighting.
Metal
J.T. Kalmar Dornstab Floor Lamp, Austria, 1950
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice shaped floor lamp by J.T. Kalmar and manufactured by Kalmar, Austria 1950. This floor lamp has a teak frame and brass foot, it has a gold colored paper shade which is adjus...
Brass
Vintage German Space Age Glass & Metal Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare space age floor lamp in chrome and glass. A simple yet imposing form.
Metal
Metalarte Brass Floor Lamp Model 3396 with Adjustable Stem
By Metalarte
Located in Mortsel, BE
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Brass Reading Lamp by Metalarte A refined example of Spanish mid-century design, this floor lamp was produced by the renowned Barcelona-based manufacturer ...
Metal, Brass
Majestic Lamp Co. Walnut, Brass & Glass Side Table, Floor Lamp, 1960's
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Majestic Lamp Company Walnut & Brass Combination Side Table Floor Lamp.
Brass
Mid-Century Uno & Östen Kristiansson Giraffe Lamp Teak Luxus Vittsjö Sweden 50s
By Uno & Östen Kristiansson, Luxus Vittsjö
Located in Göteborg, SE
A rare Giraffe floor lamp designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Luxus Vittsjö, Sweden, circa 1950s.
Acrylic, Teak
Stilnovo floor lamp 2020 variant made in Italy 1955
By Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This exceptionally rare floor lamp is a unique variation of the model 2020, originally designed by Bruno Gatta and produced by Stilnovo in Italy in 1955.
Marble, Metal
Mid-Century Uno & Östen Kristiansson Giraffe Lamp Teak Luxus Vittsjö Sweden 50s
By Uno & Östen Kristiansson, Luxus Vittsjö
Located in Göteborg, SE
A rare Giraffe floor lamp designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Luxus Vittsjö, Sweden, circa 1950s.
Fabric, Linen, Teak
Vintage German Space Age Glass & Metal Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Space Age floor lamp in chrome and glass - Simple yet impressive form - Made of chrome-colored cylinders of different heights - These are interconnected by webs in a triangle - ...
Metal
$4,402 / item
Poul Henningsen Ph 4½-3½ Glass 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
Roger Tallon Micro Floor Lamp Erco, France, 1972
By Roger Tallon, Erco
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice so called 'micro' floor lamp designed by Roger Talon and manufactured by Erco, France 1972. The name micro comes ofcourse from microphone where the lamp looks like. This is...
Aluminum
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Floor Lamp, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome black leather and brass floor lamp by French designer Jacques Adnet. Made in France in the 1950s. Completely wrapped in original black leather. Standing on brass ball feet. ...
Metal, Brass
Stilnovo 1950s Italian Floor Lamp in Painted Aluminium and Opal Methacrylate
By Stilnovo
Located in London, GB
A fantastic floor lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, circa 1950s. This elegant mid-century piece is crafted in painted aluminium with an opal methacrylate diffuser, creating a refined and scul...
Opal, Aluminum
$14,208 / item
Atelier Oï Oïphorique P Gr Floor Lamp For Parachilna
By Atelier Oï 1
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Atelier Oï Oïphorique P Gr Floor Lamp For Parachilna Oïphorique displays an elegant textile diffuser. After turning on the light you awake the soul, it all starts moving in a hypnot...
Textile
$14,168 / item
Atelier Oï Oïphorique P Gr Floor Lamp For Parachilna
By Atelier Oï 1
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Atelier Oï Oïphorique P Gr Floor Lamp For Parachilna Oïphorique displays an elegant textile diffuser. After turning on the light you awake the soul, it all starts moving in a hypnot...
Textile
French Brass Arrow Floor Lamp by Marcel Guillemard, 1950s
By Marcel Guillemard
Located in Chicago, IL
A French brass floor lamp by Marcel Guillemard, dating to the 1950s. The design is defined by three slender brass uprights arranged in a crossed formation, each articulated with appl...
Brass
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Floor Lamp, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome black leather and brass floor lamp by French designer Jacques Adnet. Made in France in the 1950s. Thick stem which tapers at the top and bottom with a brass sleeve detail in...
Metal, Brass
Extendable Brass Floor Lamp with Ribbed Stem Detail, Europe 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Its quiet elegance and warm material palette allow it to integrate effortlessly into both modern and traditional spaces. This mid-modern floor lamp combines quality craftsmanship wi...
Brass
French Adjustable Chrome Floor Lamp with Perforated Shades, 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-century French floor lamp embodies the era’s embrace of industrial minimalism.
Metal, Chrome
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.
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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.
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