Floor Lamps
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Cast Stone, Other
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Swiss Space Age Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Blown Glass, Milk Glass
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Smoked Glass
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo
1970s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
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.