Floor Lamps
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Composition
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Vintage Floor Lamps
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel, Chrome
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Travertine, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel, Chrome
1930s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s American Floor Lamps
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1960s American Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
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.