Floor Lamps
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Floor Lamps
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Floor Lamps
Plastic
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Granite, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
2010s American Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Synthetic
Early 2000s American Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wicker
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
2010s American Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Floor Lamps
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
2010s Austrian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
Early 2000s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s Belgian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, 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.