Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Iron
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Polyester
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Danish Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Enamel
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Sheet Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s American Minimalist Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Limestone
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Enamel, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
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.