Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Steel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1940s French Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
1970s Scandinavian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Copper
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s Swiss Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Polyester
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bone
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Belgian Floor Lamps
Agate, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American 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.