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Floor Lamps For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Henry Holland Studio Handmade Blue and White Ceramic Sphere Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
Our "TALL" Floor lamp sits statuesque in any space and commands attention. These stacked spheres echo silhouettes already found in the tableware, and each is handmade in our signatur...
Category
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Earthenware, Linen, Oak
Isamu Noguchi Akari Floor Lamp BB3-33S
Located in Seattle, WA
NOS (New old stock) Isamu Noguchi Akari floor lamp model BB3-33S, Made in Japan stamped on steel Base. In pristine condition no scratches on the frame or tears on the shade.
Category
2010s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
1950s Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture 30N shade with BB3 base, New Old Stock
Located in Seattle, WA
An exceptionally rare and pristine example of Isamu Noguchi's Light sculpture: discontinued 30N shade on BB3 base. Both the shade and the base come with their original boxes.
The br...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Florian Schulz Mid-Century Adjustable Floor Lamp in Full Brass, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful and very rare floor lamp by Florian Schulz manufactured during the 1970s.
German Quality.
The floor lamp is made of solid brass and height adjustable.
With the large round ...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
1951 Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture 70XL shade with BB3 base, New Old Stock
Located in Seattle, WA
An exceptionally rare and pristine example of Isamu Noguchi's Light sculpture: 70XL shade on BB3 base. Original box for the 70XL shade.
The bright red Sun and Moon stamp on the shad...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Castiglioni Arco Modern Arch Stainless Steel & Marble Floor Lamp, FLOS, in stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Arco LED Floor Lamp by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
This lamp is ready for its close-up: Featured in Hollywood classics including diamonds are Fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Isamu Noguchi Model BB3-33S Akari Light Sculpture hand crafted by Ozeki, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic Akari Light Sculpture / Floor Lamp known as Model BB3-33S designed by Isamu Noguchi and handcrafted from traditional washi paper and bamboo. Very good / excellent original con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Cactus Floor Lamp Murano Glass by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Cactus floor lamp, yellow murano glass and gilt metal by Carlo Nason for the manufacture Mazzega. Famous italian design like Venini, Vistosi, La Murrina,...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Exquisite Gilt Jewel Floor Lamp Sciolari Design by Palwa, Germany, 1960s
By Palwa
Located in Aachen, NRW
Exquisite gilt jewel floor lamp Sciolari design by Palwa, Germany, 1960s
Hollywood Regency, wonderful shape and light effect, handmade.
12 x E14 small bulbs (40 watts max for each bu...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
French Carved And Turned Raw Wire Brushed Oak Floor Lamp France, circa 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
French carved and turned raw oak floor lamp with ivory linen shade. Wire brushed surface. The grain is raised and opened by that technique.
Oak ...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Oak
Isamu Noguchi Model 10A Akari Light Sculpture hand crafted by Ozeki, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic Akari light sculpture known as Model 10A designed by Isamu Noguchi and handcrafted from traditional washi paper and bamboo. Each Akari lamp shade is meticulously crafted by ha...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Floor Lamp Sciolari Design Italian 1970s Chrome Minimalist Sculptural Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Floor lamp Sciolari design Italian, 1970s, chrome Minimalist sculptural design.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Anatomy Design 'Steel Lab Light Floor' Steel and Aluminium Floor Lamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp designed by Anatomy Design in 2010.
Inspired by her parents’ pharmaceutical work and their old lab equipment, Andrea Kleinloog from Anatomy Design designed the Lab Light...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Hercules Floor Lamp
Located in Renton, WA
Featuring brilliant mechanical structures while maintaining the essential spirit of design, the Hercules provides a stunning balance between form and function. Users can turn on and dim the LED light via a swirling switch, adjust the rotating shade and create a perfectly placed arc with the simple move of a lever. The HERCULES Floor Lamp...
Category
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Paavo Tynell Model '9602' Floor Lamp with Bamboo Shade for GUBI
By Paavo Tynell, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Paavo Tynell Model '9602' Floor Lamp with Bamboo Shade for GUBI
Originally designed by Paavo Tynell in 1935 and characterized by its elegant, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
'Timberline' Floor Lamp for GUBI
By Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
'Timberline' floor lamp for GUBI.
Originally designed by Mads Caprani in the 1970s, this authorized GUBI re-edition is executed in oak, birch, canvas on a cast-iron base. Like the o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Lamp Metal and Opaline Glass by Pia Guidetti Crippa for Lumi, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Rare table or floor lamp by the italian designer Pia Guidetti Crippa for the editor Lumi, metal chrome and opalin glass ball. Famous manufacture like Sar...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Style Brass Floor Lamp "Quoluna" with Fabric Shade Re Edition
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Tripodal floor lamp with fabric-shade in several colors available.
Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fixtures.
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mezzaluna Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An iconic 1970s Italian "Mezzaluna, half-moon" floor lamp in black enamel and chrome with a black Carrara marble base by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper. It lamp head tilts up and down a...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Chrome
Red Braun Circles Table Lamp with New Custom Made Silk Lampshade, Germany, 1970
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Exceptional typical large ceramic bubble table/floor lamp, Germany, 1970s. A sculptural high-end piece made of handmade ceramic in rich glazed red and braun tones. With a new custom ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Silk
Michael Anastassiades Modern Tall Floor lamp, Chrome Base & Glass for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS IC Lights F2 Floor Lamp in Chrome by Michael Anastassiades
Radiant light, delicate balance: Like the other pieces in his IC Light Series,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture Model UF4-L8 Floor Lamp, Japan, 2021
By Isamu Noguchi, Vitra
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic Japanese floor lamp rendered in a black painted steel frame with a suspended washing paper and bamboo shade with a cloth covered cord, designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1951. Signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Kalmar Floor Lamps 'Telescope', Patinated Brass Leather, Height Adjustable, 1960
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of two (a pair) floor lamps model "Telescope" / "Teleskop" by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, manufactured in Austria in midcentury, circa 1960 (late 1950s or early 1960s).
The stand is c...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Ernesto Gismondi "Sintesi Terra Snodo" floor lamp for Artemide, Italy, 1970s
Located in Skokie, IL
Rare vintage Ernesto Gismondi adjustable "Sintesi Terra Snodo" floor lamp for Artemide, circa 1970s. Both the lamp stem and diffuser are adjustable from top to bottom.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1970s arc lamp focus model design Fabio Lenci for Guzzini
By Guzzini, Fabio Lenci
Located in None, IT
Arc lamp with concrete base covered in white plastic, chrome metal frame and perspex shade.
Focus model, design Fabio Lenci for Guzzini, 1970s.
CONDITION: In good, working condition...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Cement, Metal
Midcentury pair of floor lamps by MAE Lamp, Sweden 1970s
By MAE Lamp
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Pair of floor lamps by MAE Lamp, a renowned Swedish company. Elegant design with original gold brass structure and fabric shade, embellished with brass tips to co...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Wonderful Equilibrium Ralph Lauren Counterbalance Polished Nickel Floor Lamp
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Sculptural Equilibrium Counterbalance Ralph Lauren Style Floor Lamp With Masterful Balance And Mobility. A Boom Arm Pivots Allowing Unlimited Illumination Possibilities I...
Category
20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Stilnovo Floor Lamp 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
Very nice and typical Italian shaped floor lamp by Stilnovo, Italy 1950.
The floor lamp has a round white marble base and a brass arm with counterweight for the balance. The shade i...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Silvio Carpani Black & red Aluminium Italian Zagar Floor Lamp for Stilnovo, 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous midcentury black and red anodized aluminium floor lamp. This wonderful lamp was designed in Italy during 1978 by Silvio Carpani for Stilnovo.
This amazing piece most uni...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Giuseppe Ostuni, Floor Lamp, Brass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A rare adjustable brass floor lamp designed by Giuseppe Ostuni and produced by O-Luce, Italy, c. 1950s.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 60.5” H x 19.75” W x 19.75” D
Dimensions of Lam...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Flos Bellhop Floor Lamp in Red Body with White Diffuser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Floor lamp with indirect light. Stem in painted aluminium: shiny white, brick, cioko, green. Reflector in shiny opal white and grey blown glass. Electrical cable of 270 cm usable len...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century White Medusa Floor Lamp by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Lucija, SI
Nice Floor Lamp model Medusa designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
Perfect working conditions
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Large Rispal 'Praying Mantis' Sculptural Floor Lamp in Mahogany
By Rispal
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Rispal 'Praying Mantis' Sculptural Floor Lamp in Mahogany.
The iconic model #14.950 was originally designed in 1950 by François Rispal. This new...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Reside...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Textile
Large French ‘Dora’ Rock Lamp by André Cazenave for Singleton, 1969
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare, large ‘Dora’ rock lamp designed by André Cazenave for Singleton in 1969. Made from a unique blend of polyester resin and marble powder, its natural shape and ambient light ev...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Resin
Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE (LARGE) floor lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada.
Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant‘s Foot– for the prominent shape at its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Textile, Wood, Linen, Fiberglass
Terre Floor Lamp - Talisman Series
By Modu Studio
Located in New York, NY
Terre Floor Lamp is part of our Talisman Series—a collection born from the desire to reawaken ancient symbols of goodness and weave them into the spaces we inhabit. Each piece in thi...
Category
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
Midcentury Italian Brass Adjustable Floor Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
1950s Midcentury Modern Italian brass adjustable floor lamp with red enameled metal shade. The V-shaped base can slide along the stem. Wired...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modern Floor Lamp Parota Natural Wood Ivory Fiberglass Shade
Located in San Antonio, TX
TULIPÁN floor lamp was designed for the De Palo collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada.
Made in Parota, the two inverted overlapping cones give Tulipán a shape that suggests a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
Coquete Floor Light
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
COQUETE FLOOR LIGHT, designed in 2025.
Large artisanal floor light made in Project 213A's own workshop. This piece has a hand-crafted base that is either finished in wood or ceramic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Oak
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Triennale Floor Lamp, model 12128 Italy, c. 1947
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce Triennale Floor Lamp, model 12128 Italy, c. 1947
Brass adjustable arms with enamel aluminum shades and brass stem.
dimensions:
75 h × 43 w × 51 d in
Condi...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
FLOS Rosy Angelis Floor Lamp in Grey by Philippe Starck
By Flos, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rosy Angelis floor lamp providing diffused light. A light weight polyester fabric diffuser is embroidered with Starck signature. Aluminum tripod legs in g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Paavo Tynell 9602 Canvas Shade
By Paavo Tynell, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
Replacement canvas shade for the 9602 floor lamp, also known as “Chinese Hat”, designed by Paavo Tynell in 1935 for the Hotel Aulanko.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Canvas
Le Corbusier 'Borne Béton Petite' Table Lamp for Nemo
Located in Glendale, CA
Le Corbusier 'Borne Béton Petite' table lamp for Nemo.
This iconic design is an authorized re-edition of Le Corbusier's 'Borne Béton' concrete lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Concrete
Late 20th Cent Modern to Postmodern Southwest Style Textured Plaster Floor Lamp
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible vintage modern to postmodern southwest style textured sculptural plaster floor lamp with its original beige linen-like coolie shade. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. The lamp has been rewired by our experienced staff. We haven’t discovered any chips, cracks, or chiggers in the plaster body, but the shade does have a small stain. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, 1980’s
Cassette tapes, muscle cars, big hair, and plaster floor lamps like this are just a FEW fabulous memories from the 80’s! This is a lovely modern to postmodern floor lamp comprised of a sculptured off-white textured plaster hourglass body with light green southwestern...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Brass Floor Lamp by Tommaso Barbi
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Large brass floor lamp by Tommaso Barbi. Brass floor lamp with two large rhubarb leaf style that light up.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
XXL Dorra Rock Shaped lamp by A. Cazenave for Atelier A
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
The rock shaped lamp Dorra was designed by André Cazenave in 1969.
Each Dorra lamp is handmade of resin and marble powder, unique in shape and in size. Small variations in finish are...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble
Tito Agnoli Model #387 'Agnoli' Floor Lamp in Nickel and Travertine for Oluce
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Tito Agnoli model #387 'Agnoli' floor lamp in nickel and travertine for Oluce.
Designed in 1954, this ultra-refined lamp is now considered to be a key forerunner of minimalism. Executed in nickel-plated metal and travertine base. This newly produced authorized re-edition features a detachable Cornalux glass element covering a G9 bulb capable of directing beautifully diffused light in a highly precise manner. The bulb can be rotated and adjusted up or down
Model 387 has always been referred to as the 'Agnoli,' named after its designer Tito Agnoli. It is one of the most historic lamps in the Oluce catalog. As a precursor of minimalism, the Agnoli lamp used the “Cornalux” light bulb, capable of directing light in an extremely precise manner, by mounting it on top of a sliding mechanism positioned on a stem. The sophisticated travertine base represents the component that adds a touch of elegance to an object in which simplicity and functionality become elements of pure poetry.
Price is per item. Three lamps in Los Angeles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
Articulated Brass Floor Lamps By Koch & Lowy
By Koch & Lowy
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of brass reading lamps by Koch & Lowy, stamped OMI. Articulated shades create many possibilities. Satin brushed finish with patina, ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
FLOS Tatou F Floor Lamp in Bronze by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Its name is French for “armadillo,” the unassuming animal whose brilliant structure keeps it protected and makes it unique. Designer Patricia Urquiola conceptualized this floor lamp to play on the filtration of light, with remarkable results.
The Tatou-F offers diffused light and has an exterior diffuser in PC (polycarbonate). Its internal diffuser is injection-printed opal PC. The support and base are painted steel.
Inspiration behind the design:
“The process began by looking for different ways to reconstruct membranes, conceived like Japanese armor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
FLOS Toio Floor Lamp in Black by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Its designers named it for the English word for “toy,” for good reason: This inventive lamp inspires the imagination, blending an industrial style with a timeless and whimsical desig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modernist Floor Lamp, Italy circa 1960
Located in Culver City, CA
Italy, 1960
Italian mid-century brass floor lamp with marble base
8”dia x 58”h
Ref. L5064
$ 2,800
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Temde Teak Floor Lamp, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice teak floor lamp. Adjustable in height. Temde, Germany, 1960s
complete with shade. Two E27 bulbs. Feet switch.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Teak
Paavo Tynell Model '9602' Brass and Rattan Floor Lamp with Wicker Shade for GUBI
By Paavo Tynell, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Paavo Tynell Model '9602' Brass and Rattan Floor Lamp with Wicker Shade for GUBI
Originally designed by Paavo Tynell in 1935 and characterized by its elegant, airy lampshade balance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Monumental Artemide 'Tolomeo XXL' Indoor or Outdoor Lamp by Michael De Lucchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Monumental Artemide 'Tolomeo XXL' indoor or outdoor lamp by Michael De Lucchi.
The famous Tolomeo, icon of the Italian Design, made giant. In scale 4:1 relative to the table model,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Concrete, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
Stilnovo Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass and Opaline Glass Floor Lamp, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Floor lamp in polished brass, black lacquered metal, opal glass and marble base. Produced by Stilnovo in Italy in the 1950s.
The lamp has been completely restored and polished.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Zonca Voghera Minimal Mid-Century Italian Wood and Brass Floor Lamp, 1980s
By Zonca
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing minimal mid-century wood and gilt metal floor lamp. This fantastic item was produced in Italy during the 1980s by Zonca Voghera.
This lamp is ve...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Sculpted Brass Tripod Floor Lamp w/ Side Table by Laurel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions
60in H x 17.50in W x 17.50in D
Table Height: 22.50in
Lamp Shade: 13in H x 18in W x 18in D
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Transforming a piece of Mid-Century ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Materials
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.