Floor Lamps
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1950s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Sheet Metal, Brass
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Brazilian International Style Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Aluminum, Metal
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Linen, Teak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Czech Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Hardwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Linen, Walnut
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s French Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
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.