Floor Lamps
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Plastic, Plaster
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Coral, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Plaster
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Leather
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Concrete, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Fiberglass, Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Birch, Maple, Walnut
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
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.





