Floor Lamps
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Plexiglass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel, Aluminum
1970s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Rope
1970s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass, Enamel
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1980s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Paper
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Beech
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.