Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century American Regency Revival Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Chrome
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Cut Glass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Leather
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s English Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1920s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Lucite, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s European Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1990s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s European Floor Lamps
Copper
1950s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Aesthetic Movement Floor Lamps
Art Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Lucite
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century English Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Floor Lamps
Opaline Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
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.