Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze, Iron
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Teak
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Metal
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Leather, Bamboo
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Lucite
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ash, Lacquer
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.