Floor Lamps
1970s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel, Chrome
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1870s American Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Wicker
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Cane
1950s North American Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Porcelain
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1980s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Silk, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rattan
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Other
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Vintage Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Other, Iron
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Louis XIII Floor Lamps
Beech
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut
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.