Floor Lamps
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Lacquer
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Plastic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Opaline Glass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s American Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s North American Vintage Floor Lamps
Wicker
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Nickel
20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wicker
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 2000s Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century North American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
2010s Egyptian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
1980s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
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.