Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Brazilian International Style Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Belgian Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Ukrainian Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Polystyrene
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Beech
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Granite, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Steel
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Cement, Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Hardwood, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Walnut, Softwood, Reclaimed Wood...
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Hardwood, Wood, Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Walnut, Softwood, Reclaimed Wood, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Shagreen
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.