Floor Lamps
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Breccia Marble
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Lucite
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s French Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Faux Bamboo
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Chrome
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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.