Floor Lamps
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Enamel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Spanish Colonial Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Japanese Egyptian Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s European Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Other
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Natural Fiber, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Swedish Organic Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak, Silk
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
Early 20th Century Japonisme Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 1900s French Provincial Antique Floor Lamps
Velvet
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Chinese Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster, Wood
1940s Swedish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
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.