Floor Lamps
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1960s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Opaline Glass, Wood
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Nickel, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wood, Pine
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Beech
1960s European Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Dutch Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Linen, Rope
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Oak
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
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.