Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Japanese Japonisme Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Pine
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Cement, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Korean Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Birch, Elm
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Textile, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s German Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Ash
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1970s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Aluminum, Metal
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Earthenware
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Aluminum
1980s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
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.