Floor Lamps
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
2010s Mexican Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Dutch Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper, Enamel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Birch
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
2010s Canadian Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rock Crystal
1970s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome
20th Century Argentine Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Bronze
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Mahogany
1990s Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
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.