Floor Lamps
1990s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1960s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Adirondack Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Swiss Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Andorran Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Swiss Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Japanese Vintage Floor Lamps
PVC
1960s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s English Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1990s French Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Goatskin
1960s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1990s American Floor Lamps
Art Glass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Plexiglass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Rosewood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
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.