Floor Lamps
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Stainless Steel
1980s Swedish Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Aluminum
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s French Empire Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Floor Lamps
Burlap, Plaster
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Dutch Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Stone, Metal
1970s French Classical Greek Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s French Gothic Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
1960s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Leather
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1920s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
1930s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1960s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
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.