Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Nickel
1940s Swedish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Czech Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Opaline Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1920s American Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Travertine, Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
1960s Norwegian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Enamel, Steel, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Enamel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Fiberglass
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Modern Floor Lamps
Bentwood, Ash
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
1980s Swedish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Cement, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Plastic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
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.