Floor Lamps
2010s Danish Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Unknown Other Floor Lamps
Bronze, Other
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Plastic
1940s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Organic Material, Hardwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Onyx
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
2010s American Floor Lamps
Silk, Blown Glass, Wood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Copper
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Dutch Space Age Floor Lamps
Quartz, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Enamel, Brass
19th Century Chinese Antique Floor Lamps
Porcelain
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s German Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Oak, Walnut
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rattan
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
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.