Floor Lamps
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Indian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Floor Lamps
Copper
Mid-20th Century Dutch Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Steel
1990s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Stone
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Mid-20th Century Slovenian Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
2010s English Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Japanese Tribal Floor Lamps
Wood, Paper
1970s Dutch Vintage Floor Lamps
Linen, Wood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Marble
Early 2000s American Industrial Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
Mid-20th Century Slovenian Space Age Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 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.