Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Jacaranda
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Beech
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Onyx, Steel
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Beech
2010s Dutch Floor Lamps
Glass, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s English Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Floor Lamps
Limestone
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Macedonian Modern Floor Lamps
Ash, Oak, Walnut, Cotton, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Oak, Wood, Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
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.