Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Cut Steel, Chrome, Iron
Early 2000s Floor Lamps
Metal, Enamel
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Copper, Brass
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Copper, Metal, Enamel, Chrome
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Stainless Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Metal
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stone
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s American Minimalist Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome, Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
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.