Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Enamel
Early 1800s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome, Iron
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood, Pine
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1970s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine, Paper
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Composition
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Terracotta
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s German Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1880s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass, Art Glass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1890s English Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s American Bohemian Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Marble, Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Cement, Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Victorian Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
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.