Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Felt
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Enamel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Plexiglass
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Opal, Brass, Chrome
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Oceanic Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Sandstone
2010s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
2010s Floor Lamps
Metal, Stainless Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Floor Lamps
Metal, Stainless Steel
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stone, Limestone
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Stone, Alabaster
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.