Floor Lamps
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Chrome
Late 20th Century German Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Austrian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Nickel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Sheet Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Wicker
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Sheet Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s European Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Synthetic, Plastic, Acrylic
1930s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Floor Lamps
Hardwood
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal
Early 20th Century Baroque Floor Lamps
Wood
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Birch
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Velvet, Birch
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Porcelain
1950s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bamboo
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Plaster, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
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.