Rare Swedish Tripod Floor Lamp, Scandinavian Modern / Mid-Century Modern

A true Scandinavian Modern Classic, designed in 1947 by the reowned Greta Magnusson Grossman for manufacturer Bergboms, Sweden 1950s. Model G-33 also known as the Grasshopper. This i...

Rare floor lamp in the style of Pierre Guariche. Marked L.M. likely Luci Milano. Italian midcentury. With original shades, which can easily be updated with new fabric. The counterp...

A rare floor lamp, model 5737 by Einar Bäckström. Made in solid brass with leather trim. With makers mark and model number. Original shade with a few inner damages. Nice patina, no...

Floor Lamp in brass with original pleated shade, produced by Bergboms, Sweden 1970s. Adjustable height. Good condition, smaller signs of use and age. Maker marked with modelnumbe...

Minimalist tripod floor lamp. A filigree design. The umbrella shows a slim cylinder shape and is covered with a light parchment. It sits on a finely executed brass that runs movably...

Cool Scandinavian Modern floor lamp, Sweden ca 1950's. Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Scuffs and scratches. Light socket with dents, as seen on the last picture. Pleas...

Black Lacquered Tripod Floor Lamp, Iron, Brass. France, 1950s Tripod floor lamp made in France at the fifties. Black Lacquer and Brass details. Newly wired with 1 E27 bulb holder. La...

This one-of-a-kind floor lamp is a delightfully distinctive model, with immediately recognizable details. Design in the mid-century years was fuelled by the development of materials and technology with stunning results as seen in this floor lamp design. Scandinavian furniture was made with mostly light-coloured materials and some furniture shapes included elements of asymmetry, or having two sides that were not completely even and balanced. This can be seen here as well, as the lamp’s black lacquered metal structure isn’t perfectly symmetrical, instead, the “cage” surrounding the lampshade spirals downwards. The fluted lampshade has a cylindrical shape and is made of a light coloured fabric. It is stretched over metal wires that create the lines. Thanks to its large, almost see-through quality, the warm light is diffused evenly when the lamp is switched on. Furthermore, the fabric shade pairs well with the colder metal structure. The tripod legs stem out from a ball-shaped joint, and also end in small, brass sphere feet. While the design dates to the 1950s, it has an interesting, almost futuristic modern...