Floor Lamps
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Slovenian Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Rattan
19th Century Turkish Moorish Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Steel
1940s Dutch Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 1800s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Other Floor Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Marble
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Korean Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel, Chrome
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century German Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Plastic, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
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.