Floor Lamps
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton
1950s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rattan
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Paper, Eggshell
1950s Finnish Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
Mid-20th Century English Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
2010s American Floor Lamps
Wood, Oak
2010s American Floor Lamps
Wood, Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Floor Lamps
Wood, Oak
1950s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Other Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s 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.