Floor Lamps
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 2000s Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Japanese Edo Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Clay, Linen
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Glass
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Quartz, Rock Crystal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Art Glass
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Pottery
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Aluminum
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Paper
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century German Space Age Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
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.