Floor Lamps
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
Early 2000s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Floor Lamps
Limestone, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
1940s English Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
1990s Taiwanese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Colonial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Nickel, Steel
1980s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Paper, Eggshell
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1980s Swiss Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Zinc
1930s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Austrian Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stone, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stone, Stainless Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s European Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
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.