Floor Lamps
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Mexican Minimalist Floor Lamps
Terracotta, Linen
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Japanese Tribal Floor Lamps
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Organic Material
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Crystal
Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rock Crystal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Danish Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Beech
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century English Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
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.