Floor Lamps
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass
1970s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Dutch Vintage Floor Lamps
Linen, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1870s French Louis XIV Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s French Floor Lamps
Glass, Oak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Linen
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Sheet Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s British Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton, Sapele Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Swiss Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Plywood
20th Century Philippine Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Other
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood, Pine
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Antique, New and Vintage Floor Lamps
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.