Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Nickel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Nickel
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Chrome, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Asian Futurist Floor Lamps
Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Swiss Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
2010s Dutch Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Chrome
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Limestone
2010s Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern 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.