Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1940s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Canadian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1940s North American Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fiberglass, Lucite
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Natural Fiber, Plastic, Teak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Nickel
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel, Enamel
1960s Dutch Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Iron
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome, Metal
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
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.