Floor Lamps
1980s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Late 20th Century German Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stone, Steel
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Indian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Resin, Fiberglass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Sheet Metal
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1980s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stone, Metal, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Aluminum
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Plate, Iron
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel, Nickel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Composition
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Rope
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
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.