Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
1960s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
1950s Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Nickel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Silk, Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wire
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Ebony, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Rosewood
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold, Iron
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Austrian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1940s European Bohemian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
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.