Floor Lamps
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Textile, Walnut
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Bamboo
1960s Czech Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Folk Art Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s English Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Pottery
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Blown Glass, Milk Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plexiglass, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Opaline Glass, Murano Glass
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Resin
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Iron
1960s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Beech
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Enamel
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Nickel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Steel, Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
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.