Floor Lamps
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Enamel
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Beaux Arts Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Organic Material
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s English Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s Finnish Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Burl
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.