Floor Lamps
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Leather
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Opal
1940s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1990s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass
1990s American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Birch
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Rush
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s European Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Beech, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak, Parchment Paper
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Plastic, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Steel, Nickel
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
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.