Floor Lamps
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster, Resin
1960s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Rope, Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Czech Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Opaline Glass
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s European Floor Lamps
Porcelain
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Resin, Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver
19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wicker
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron, Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Other Floor Lamps
Gold
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1940s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Ceramic
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
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.