Floor Lamps
2010s French Brutalist Floor Lamps
Glass, Stained Glass, Plaster
2010s Latvian Modern Floor Lamps
Copper, Steel
1980s Vintage Floor Lamps
Reed
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Austrian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Indian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Swiss Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
2010s Austrian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Paint
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
2010s Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Swiss Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Lucite
2010s Spanish Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s German Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Cut Steel
1950s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
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.