Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
2010s American Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Floor Lamps
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood, Linen, Fiberglass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Austrian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Composition
1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wood, Parchment Paper, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Leather, Textile, Cotton
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Cotton, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s Czech Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Earthenware, Linen, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
1980s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Cotton, Linen
2010s Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
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.