Floor Lamps
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Opal, Metal
1950s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stone, Metal
Early 20th Century Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 2000s Floor Lamps
Palmwood
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Composition
1930s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s Swedish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
18th Century Italian Gothic Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Austrian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Nickel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s Dutch Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Wicker
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Asian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Ash, Bentwood
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Beech
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, 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.