Floor Lamps
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Georgian Floor Lamps
Mahogany
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Rope, Pine
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome, Iron
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass, Metal
2010s American Floor Lamps
Wood, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Wicker, Rattan
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
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.