Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century German Baroque Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s Hungarian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Wire
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Plaster
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Limestone
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1980s Canadian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Lucite
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stoneware, Linen
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s South African Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Taiwanese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Copper, Brass
1980s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Enamel, Iron
1990s British Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
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.