Floor Lamps
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1930s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
1990s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s Spanish Baroque Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
1990s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Swedish Rustic Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern 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.