Floor Lamps
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stoneware
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Danish Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Spanish Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Shagreen
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Wood, Burl
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric, Walnut, Oak, Ash, Cord, Linen
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Textile, Glass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Brass, Steel
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Glass
2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Glass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Dutch Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Birch, Elm
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
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.