Floor Lamps
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Oak
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Beech
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s European Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak, Paper
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Cast Stone
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Beech
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rope
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Birch
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver, Steel, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
2010s French Other Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Aluminum
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.