Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Rope
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Gold
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Driftwood, Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper, Steel
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Modern Floor Lamps
Gold Plate, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
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.