Floor Lamps
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Paper
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century Steampunk Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Crystal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s South African Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Satin, Velvet
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Late 19th Century Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Unknown Modern Floor Lamps
Bentwood, Ash
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Space Age Floor Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
2010s Lebanese Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s South African Floor Lamps
Horn, Leather
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
2010s Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Brass, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s German Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
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.