Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Bronze
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Lucite
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Floor Lamps
Nickel
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Slovenian Modern Floor Lamps
Plexiglass
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Beech, Poplar, Pine
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Silver Plate, Brass
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Other Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Minimalist Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Birch
1980s Austrian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Oak
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton
1970s Czech Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Iron
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.