Rice Paper Floor Lamp

Find many varieties of an authentic rice paper floor lamp available at 1stDibs. A rice paper floor lamp — often made from paper, bamboo and wood — can elevate any home. There are 8 variations of the antique or vintage rice paper floor lamp you’re looking for, while we also have 3 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer rice paper floor lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A rice paper floor lamp made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. A well-made rice paper floor lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ingo Maurer, Tennant New York and Akari are consistently popular.

Prices for a rice paper floor lamp start at $709 and top out at $19,902 with the average selling for $2,200.

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.