Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel
1930s Czech Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Korean Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1940s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Industrial Floor Lamps
Copper, Brass
1960s Dutch Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
1940s Swedish Organic Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Steel
2010s Portuguese Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Floor Lamps
Oak, Wood, Beech
Mid-20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Iron
1920s Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1920s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel
1940s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1950s German Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1930s Belgian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
Early 2000s French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 2000s Belgian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Epoxy Resin, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
American Industrial Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Belgian Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, 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.