Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal, Iron
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s English Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swiss Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century European Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Acrylic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
1960s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Plaster
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Steel
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.