Floor Lamps
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Walnut
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Floor Lamps
Brass
1850s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Felt
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stoneware, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stone, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Aluminum, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Floor Lamps
Cotton, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Oak
2010s Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Other Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Shagreen
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Onyx, Alabaster
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.