Floor Lamps
1960s French Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Maple, Sycamore
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1960s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak, Parchment Paper
2010s Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Art Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s European Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s French Minimalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Teak
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s European Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Turkish Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s Indian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stoneware, Linen
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Teak
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Aluminum, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Czech Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Slovenian Modern Floor Lamps
Plexiglass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Plaster
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Goatskin
2010s Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Oak
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.