Floor Lamps
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s French Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1860s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
1970s French Baroque Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Spanish Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Czech Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Czech Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Beech
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel, Aluminum
1970s Swedish Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Straw, Resin
1970s Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
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.