Floor Lamps
1970s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Plaster
1970s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s British Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Nylon
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stone
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Other
2010s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Czech Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Oak, Walnut
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Nickel
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wood, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Danish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1990s Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless 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.