Floor Lamps
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Walnut
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Floor Lamps
Metal, Enamel
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s British Colonial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Spanish Gothic Revival Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Other
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron, Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wicker
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Canvas, Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1950s Czech Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Hardwood
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, 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.