Floor Lamps
2010s French Other Floor Lamps
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s German Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
2010s Chinese Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Other Floor Lamps
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Enamel, Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Other Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Silk, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Wood, Polystyrene, Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Modern Floor Lamps
Bentwood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Fiberglass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Other Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Mahogany
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, 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.