Floor Lamps
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Folk Art Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood, Plywood
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
1960s German Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1950s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
1990s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
1960s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Floor Lamps
Plaster
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel
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.