Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Minimalist Floor Lamps
Onyx
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Copper
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Austrian Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Ethiopian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Asian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Bentwood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s Ethiopian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s British Futurist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Oceanic Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Sandstone
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan, Bamboo
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1980s Philippine Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Floor Lamps
Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Floor Lamps
Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Floor Lamps
Paper
2010s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
2010s North American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Cement, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Cement, Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Organic Material, Wood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Shell
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s English Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wood, Paint
2010s Latvian Floor Lamps
Oak, Wood
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, 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.