Floor Lamps
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel, Aluminum
1960s French Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Industrial Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
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
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
1990s Taiwanese Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Industrial Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Composition
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel
1950s Italian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Marble
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s Belgian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Belgian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s German Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Cotton
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Rattan, Pine
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stoneware, Linen
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1950s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
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.