Floor Lamps
1990s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Steel, Chrome
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Late 20th Century Austrian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s Canadian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Lucite
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Acrylic, Pine
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Textile, Oak
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Baroque Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
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.