Floor Lamps
Early 2000s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 2000s Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s American Floor Lamps
Travertine, Steel
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Floor Lamps
Lacquer
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1940s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1990s Taiwanese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver, Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Onyx
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Steel
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Floor Lamps
Alabaster
2010s Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Spanish Colonial Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Space Age Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Wood
20th Century Dutch Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
2010s Indian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Floor Lamps
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
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.