Modern Floor Lamps
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome, Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Aluminum
2010s Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Polystyrene, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Wood, Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
1990s North American Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass
2010s British Modern Floor Lamps
Nylon
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Cotton
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century British Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic
2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1980s Spanish Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze