Floor Lamps
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Steel
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Milk Glass, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
2010s Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bone
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1950s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Steel
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Teak
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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.