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Floor Lamps For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1860s
Mid Century Italian Rare Floor Lamp By Stilnovo 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Rare Floor Lamp by Stilnovo, crafted in Italy during the 1950s, is an exquisite piece that seamlessly blends mid-century design with fu...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Marble, Brass

Hans Bergström Floor Lamp Model No 563 by Ateljé Lyktan in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare floor lamp model no 563 designed by Hans Bergström. Produced by Ateljé Lyktan in Åhus, Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Angelo Brotto for Esperia Floor Lamp in Metal, Opaline Glass and Cane
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Angelo Brotto for Esperia, floor lamp, matted glass, coated aluminum, brass, coated steel, cane, Italy, 1960s This floor lamp is designed by Angelo Brotto for Murano glassmaker Esp...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass, Steel

1950's Stitched Leather Floor Lamp by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched leather floor lamp by Jacques Adnet Quiet rare in this colour.
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1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Leather

Étienne Fermigier (1932-1973) floor lamp, Monix ed., France, circa 1968
Located in Paris, FR
FERMIGIER Étienne (1932-1973) Floor lamp, Monix éditeur, France, circa 1968 White lacquered metal, chromed metal and cast iron Signed "Monix Paris"...
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1960s French Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps

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Metal

Brass Floor Lamp
Located in München, DE
Exceptionally beautiful and elegant floor lamp from the 1950s. Particularly beautiful design and an enrichment for every home. A warm and pleasant light is created. Very solid foot. ...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jacques Adent Style Floor Lamp
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Handsome French floor lamp by Jacques Adnet. Signature hand-stitched saddle Brown leather, contrast stitching, brass tripod base and new silk shade. Newly rewired.
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1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of French Modern / Minimalist Wrought Iron Floor Lamps, Jean-Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of French Mid-Century Modern style standing lamps composed in a pure, Minimalist form in the style of Jean-Michel Frank. Shades are for demonstration only and are not in...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron

Jacques Adnet Floor Lamp in Saddle Leather, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome saddle leather and metal floor lamp by French designer Jacques Adnet. Entirely wrapped in leather. Made in the 1950s. Tripod leather wrapped ba...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Italian Floor Lamp by Torlasco
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Italian floor lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi Adjustable enameled shade fitting on a brass stem standing on a round metal base.
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1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps

Three-arm floor lamp, Éditions Maison Lunel, Paris, France, circa 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Floor lamp in black lacquered metal and brass, composed of three luminous lacquered metal arms, held together in the middle by a brass ring and fixed to a circular black-lacquered ca...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass, Iron

Rattan Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade in the Style of Heywood Wakkefield Campany
Located in Oirlo, LI
Rattan and Bamboo Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade in the Style of Heywood Wakkefield Campany Bamboo Floor Lamp with Fabric Shade - Vintage Look from the 1950s Discover the charm of a...
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1950s French Bohemian Vintage Floor Lamps

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Bamboo, Rattan

Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet, Floor Lamp “Tripode”, France, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
ADRIEN AUDOUX & FRIDA MINET Floor Lamp model “Tripode” Manufactured by Audoux-Minet France, 1950 Rope, fabric shades Measurements 180h cm 70,85h in Biography Union des Artistes Mo...
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1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Fabric, Rope

Mid-Century Modern Brass and Denim Blue Vintage Floor Lamp, Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage floor lamp from brass tube designed and manufactured in Vienna, Austria, 1950s. While the brass tube stem is partly wrapped with white plastic string as h...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Jacques Adnet Style Floor Lamp
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Handsome French floor lamp by Jacques Adnet with hand-stitched brown leather, contrast stitching, brass tripod base and new linen shade. Unique arched and articulating neck that adj...
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1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Vintage Charavallotti Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Chiaravallotti floor lamp is an elegant design lamp designed in the half of the 1950s. Steel and glass. Created by Chiaravallotti design. Made in Italy. Excellent conditions. Chi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Brass Black Leather Floor Lamp Falkenbergs Belysning, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This lamp was made in Sweden at Falkenbergs Belysning. Wonderful, assembled brass combination with leather rod. The brass working well together with the black stitched leather. Good...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp by Toni Ziuccheri for Mazzega
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
1960s Italian lamp by Toni Zuccheri for Mazzega Murano, metal base and globe in brown Murano glass. Good condition considering the age. Perfect working condition.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

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Metal

1 of 2 Mid-Century brass globe floor lamp by U.W for Art & Craft, Germany, 1960s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Beautiful mid-Century modern brass globe floor lamp, designed by United Workshops for Art & Crafts, Munich, Germany 1960s The lamp has a white opaline glass globe and a dimmer. Hol...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Pair of Italian Brass and Glass Table Lamps
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two 1950s table lamps. Measures: Height base 23 cm. Diameter base 11 cm. Height with shade 33 cm. Shades are not included in the price.            
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Aldo Tura Huge Brown Goatskin Swan Lantern Floor Lamp
Located in Munich, DE
Stunning Italian Mid-Century Modern floor lamp by Aldo Tura, 1950s. Lacquered goatskin base shaped as a long-necked swan with a lantern shaped light box merging from its beak. In ver...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Goatskin

Tapio Wirkkala Model "K10-11" Floor Lamp for Idman, Finland 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
The “Crane” is evidence why Tapio Wirkkala can be described as one of the icons of Finnish design and a symbol of the international success of post-war Finnish design. He was a versatile designer and artist who could shift fluently between different materials and crossed established professional boundaries. Wirkkala’s far-reaching career spanned multiple fields, from furniture design to sculpture and other art objects, and this can be clearly traced in this floor lamp. It functions as an art object just as much as a utilitarian lamp. With its slender shape and a brass and black lacquered body, this lamp is a great modernist piece that stands out in any space. The ingenious structure allows the height to be adjustable, and the design customizable. The main design elements are placed around the main functional parts, namely the shade, the adjusting rod, and the base. The sculptural brass rods cross each other similarly to a crane, and inspired the nickname of this model. The black lacquered conical shade and base, as well as the spherical counterweight stand out against the bright brass and add a modern edge to the design. The shade is lacquered white inside, creating a pleasant effect when the lamp is lit. Idman’s label engraved on the brass handle. Idman produced the models of some of the most renowned Finnish lighting designers of the time, including Tapio Wirkkala, Mauri Almari and Maria Lindeman. Unlike other aesthetic movements, Mid-Century Modern design was streamlined, while highlighting the materials used. The vibe of this “Crane” floor lamp is fresh, retro-tinged, and completely alluring with its dedication to quality and practicality wrapped up in beautiful design that will never go out of style. Condition: In good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use. The brass has a beautiful patina. Dimensions: 26.37 in W x 7.08 in D x 51.39 in H (height is adjustable) 67 cm W x 18 cm D x 128 cm H (height is adjustable) Literature: Tuula Sakalari, Katri Lehtova, Werner Söderström, “Suomalaisia Tuolej”, Osakeyhtio, Helsinki, 2012, pp. 96 & 97 About the designer: Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) can be described as one of the icons of Finnish design and a symbol of the international success of post-war Finnish design. He was a versatile designer and artist who could shift fluently between different materials and crossed established professional boundaries: he worked on everything from refrigerators to banknotes and from furniture to striking jewels. The most important materials for Wirkkala were wood and glass – he never ceased to explore the possibilities they offer. Tapio Wirkkala studied sculpture at the Helsinki Central School of Industrial Design from 1933 until 1936, but he was also a self-studied artist in many areas, including glass design. His success as a glass artist began in 1946 when he designed one of his most famous works, the Kantarelli vase, for Iittala. Wirkkala gained worldwide success in 1951 at the Milan Triennial, where he received three Grand Prix awards: for the exhibition architecture, glass design and wooden sculptures. Many of his glass works for Iittala were also awarded later in the 1950s at the Milan Triennial. In the years 1951-1954, Wirkkala worked as the artistic director of Helsinki Central School of Industrial Design. In 1955, he received a Pro Finlandia medal and in 1972 the Academy of Finland's honorary title of academician. The first mass-production glassware range designed by Wirkkala was the Tapio series launched in 1954. The popular Ultima Thule glassware range, created in 1968, was based on the so-called ice glass technique, and the designer himself was involved in developing it at the Iittala glass factory. Wirkkala also received important commissions from abroad: in the mid-1960s he started to design glass objects for Venini Glassworks in Italy, where he created the Bolle bottles for the Venice Biennale collection in 1966. One of Wirkkala’s most significant commissions abroad was the work at the Rosenthal porcelain factory in Germany: he worked as a freelance designer for Rosenthal for almost 30 years, and the most influential result was the Paper Bag vase (1977), still today one of Rosenthal’s best-selling products. Tapio Wirkkala was also a furniture designer and a sculptor. He started his career as a sculptor in the 1930s, but abandoned the traditional sculpture in the post-war years. The result was a series of unique plywood sculptures which combined form and movement in the vibrant, densely lineated surface of plywood. Wirkkala’s sculptures represented exceptional abstractionism and gave Finnish sculpture...
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1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Adjustable Floor Lamp in Brass and Brown by RAAK Amsterdam
By RAAK
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This floor lamp by famous Dutch light manufacturer RAAK Amsterdam has three lights that can be turned in about every direction, making it ideal for corners that need both uplighting ...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Mid Century Italian Mazzega Murano & Carlo Nason Rocket Floor Lamp, 1960's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very rare and decorative Mazzega Murano glass lamp attributed to Carlo Nason from the Mid-Century Modern Space Age period. Italy, 1960-1970. Handblown Mazzega glass cylinders joined together with space rocket shape creating an amazing sculptural floor lamp with a chromed steel base. Each blown glass cylinder has a textured appearance with hundreds of inner air bubbles. Fluorescent tube light.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Italian Arc Floor Lamp by Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian arc floor lamp by Goffredo Reggiani for Reggiani, This is a large arc lamp consisting of a heavy travertine stone base with gold anodiz...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Marble, Metal, Brass

Sevres Floor Lamp
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A glass and gilt metal floor lamp, circa 1949. The seven sconces above shaped candlearms, six ribbed frosted glass shades, the cylindrical stem with t...
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1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Floor Lamp, "Model 32", by Jean Perzel, 1932
Located in Paris, FR
Silver nickel-plated metal floor lamp, three white opaline glass basins, circular base. Model presented in 1932 at the 21st Salon des artistes décorateu...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair, French Modern Neoclassical Brass Faux Bamboo Floor Lamps by Maison Bagues
Located in New York, NY
Rare, Elegant and Timeless Pair of French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Faux Bamboo Floor Lamps in solid brass by Maison Bagues, Paris. The brass is the highest quality and the pat...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Prince De Galles Hotel Art Deco Floor Lamps Paris, circa 1940
Located in Encino, CA
Prince de Galles, Paris, circa 1940, Art Deco floor lamps chic pair of Art Deco floor lamps from the prestigious Prince de Galles Hotel in Paris, France....
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1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Donald Deskey, Floor Lamp, Chrome-plated Steel, Fabric, USA, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A chrome-plated steel and white fabric floor lamp designed by Donald Deskey and produced by Deskey-Vollmer, Inc.USA, c. 1930. Brand new fabric shade. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade ...
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1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Woven Shade Danish Modern Walnut Floor Lamp
Located in Round Top, TX
Studio-turned walnut wood floor lamp with subtle scoring to central portion of base and dramatic woven wood and metal shade. A wonderful tall Midcentury Modern statement piece that c...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Mid Century Modern Italian Triennale Floor Lamp Gino Sarfatti by Arteluce Style
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Italian Triennale Floor Lamp Styled after Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce This classic mid-century modern floor lamp was styled after Gino Sarfatti for Arteluc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Marble, Chrome

French Bronze Nautilus Shell Lamp in the Style of Maison Charles
Located in Pembroke, MA
An unusual French bronze nautilus form table lamp with faux-brass paper shade (in the style of Maison Charles), mid-20th century. The lamp has been re-...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bronze

Stitched Leather Floor Lamp by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950s stitched leather floor lamp Dimensions given without shade No shade provided.  
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1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Leather

Vintage Postmodern Crane Form Floor Lamps - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Postmodern Crane Form Floor Lamps in the Style of Robert Sonneman - Pair Enhance your living space with these exquisite Vintage Postmodern Crane Form Floor Lamps, inspired b...
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Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Black Floor Lamp by Arne Jacobsen and Louis Poulsen
Located in Lejre, DK
This black floor lamp, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1957 and produced by Louis Poulsen, carries the authenticity of Danish modernism and functionality. Jacobsen's design philosophy f...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

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Metal

Large Table Lamp, ed. Enrico Tronconi, circa 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Large table lamp manufactured by Enrico Tronconi during the 1960s in Italy. The lamp is made of a white opaline sphere and a base with several poli...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Joe Colombo Spider Lamp Red Oluce Made in Italy Early Edition
Located in Vancouver, BC
With a lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium, renowned designer Joe Colombo’s Spider Lamp was...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Italian Vintage Palm Floor Lamp in Patinated Metal
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Italian Vintage Palm Floor Lamp in Patinated Metal Striking Italian vintage palm floor lamp. Crafted from patinated metal, this unique piece c...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Ilmari Tapiovaara "Maija the Bee" Floor Lamp by Hienoteras in Finland
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare and early floor lamp “Maija the bee” / Maija Mehiläinen designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara. Produced by Hienoteras in Finland.
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1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Art Deco Chrome French Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
Tall chrome Art Deco floor lamp with octagonal foot displays an eight pointed star shape center and has a ribbed stem. The black tapered shade is n...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Danish Teak Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp by Kovacs SI 621
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-century modern Danish teak floor lamp by Kovacs. This lamp features a new shade and has been rewired. It is stamped SI 621 and labeled Made in Sweden. Very nice condition with a ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Teak

Vintage floor lamp by Mazzega, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century floor lamp consisting of three white murano glass parts and a globe glass lamp shade. In between the glass parts we have chromed metal rings to keep the parts togheter a...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

1970s Brushed Chrome & Cobalt Blue Glass Floor Lamp in the Style Carl Fagerlund
Located in London, GB
1970s Vintage Swedish brushed chrome and cobalt blue glass circular floor lamp. In the style of Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors. A stylish yet underst...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Red Mushroom Desk Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
VEB Leuchtenbau red mushroom desk lamp. Materials: Red painted iron base and aluminium lampshade with a brass top. Cast iron counterweight inside t...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall floor lamp in the style of Sonneman Lighting. Three adjustable heads on slim posts, all in polished chrome. Please confirm location NY or NJ.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

French Mid-Century Frosted Glass Floor Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s frosted glass floor lamp with 3 shaped sections separated by chrome plated metal fittings and resting on a round tired base
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome, Metal

Metal Floor Lamp by Sergio Asti, 1968
Located in Berlin, DE
This impressive floor lamp is made of black enameled metal, it's reflector has three convexities and is made of white, translucid acrylic. _ 'Sergio Asti (born 1926) is an Italian...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

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Metal

A Petit French brass and glass floor Lamp attributed to Lunel. 1950s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This Petit French brass and glass floor lamp attributed to Lunel from the 1950s is a compelling choice for those seeking to elevate their interior with timeless elegance and understa...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

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Metal, Brass

French Louis XVI Style Floor Lamp
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Louis XVI style mahogany four-tier floor lamp with circular tapering form, pierced bronze galleries, fluted supports and turned and fluted legs. France, ca 1940 Dimensions: 20" W x 20" D x 72" H We are proud of our long-standing partnership with George N Antiques...
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1940s European Louis XVI Vintage Floor Lamps

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Mahogany

Unique and Highly Decorative Congolese Hardwood Tree Trunk Floor Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
A unique and highly decorative Congolese hardwood tree trunk, displaying burly freak growths all-over and mounted as a standing lamp. Beautiful original 1970s lampshade...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Neo-Greek Floor Lamps Att. to Lacarrière, Delatour & Cie, France, C 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Measures : Height without globe: 188,5 cm (74,2 in.) ; Base : 45 x 45 cm (17,7 x 17,7 in.) Pedestal height : 136 cm (53,5 in.) Lamp height : 52 cm (20,4 in.) Beautiful pair of neo-G...
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1860s French Greek Revival Antique Floor Lamps

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Gilardi e Barzaghi, floor lamp with two lights
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2279 Gilardi e Barzaghi Floor lamp with two lights and adjustable hat in two-colour enamelled metal, brass stem and marble base. Italian manuf...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

1950's floor lamp by Robert Mathieu
Located in Encino, CA
Robert Mathieu Adjustable Floor Lamp, France, 1950s Documented in Mobilier et Décoration, No. 3, April 1952 This rare and highly architectural floor lamp is a quintessential example...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Floor Lamp with a Wood Tripod Base, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Floor Lamp with a Wood Tripod Base
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Wood

Vintage Wrought Iron Painted White Floor Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Illuminate your space with a Vintage White Wrought Iron Lamp, blending timeless elegance with classic design.
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Mid-20th Century American Floor Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

A Vintage Atomic Sputnik Torchere Floor Lamp in the manner of Arredoluce
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vintage Atomic Sputnik Torchere Floor Lamp in the manner of Arredoluce. Uncertain to the designer and maker. Very high quality. More than likely it is American. Possibly Lightolier or similar high quality American manufacturer...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brass and White Vintage Floor Lamp, 1940s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern original delicate Italian brass and white floor lamp from the 1940s consists of metal and grooved brass tubes, which are white lacquered. The floor lamp shows crys...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps

Materials

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.

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