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Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
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Italian Mid-century Modern Green Glass Floor Lamp by Fontana Arte, 1930
Located in New York, NY
A rare, elegant and timeless hand-crafted Italian Mid-Century Modern ('Novecento') glass standing lamp in the Modern Neoclassical spirit by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte circa 1930....
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

French Mid-Century Chrome and Wood Floor Lamp
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Mid-Century Modern chrome and wood floor lamp.
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Triennale Style Midcentury Italian Floor Lamp, circa 1960s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A vintage Italian, "Triennale" floor lamp after a model by Arredoluce. Shades are white, gray and black. Original paint-not repainted. Overall in good condition with minor flaws-chro...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Single Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce Floor Lamp with Adjustable Chrome Shade
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Single Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce Chrome, Black & Marble Floor Lamps with Three Chrome Eyeball Shades. Circa 1970. Featuring rectangular Black ename...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Steel, Chrome

Pair French Modern Neoclassical Hammered Iron Torchiere / Floor Lamp, Poillerat
Located in New York, NY
Unique, extraordinary handmade pair of French 1940s floor lamps, standing lamps or sculptures in hand-forged and hand-hammered iron. These stunning master works of blacksmithing are...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Iron

Italian Table Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian table lamp, Ceramicas Olarca. Diameter:34 cm. Height:60 cm The shade of the table lamp is adjustable. The leather at the base of the ceramic table lamp has been damaged in se...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Ceramic, Leather, Fabric

20th Mid-Century Leather and Brass Metal Floor Lamp
Located in Madrid, ES
Floor lamp in silver metal with base gilded, central column made of leather stitched.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Marcel Ramond (1935) floor lamp, Phillips edition, Circa 1980, France.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Marcel Ramond (1935), Metal floor lamp, prototype, Phillips edition, Circa 1980, France. Height: 190 cm, width: 60 cm depth: 18 cm.
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

French Mid-Century Silvered Bronze Faux Bamboo Floor Lamp by Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
Beautiful re-silvered bronze faux bamboo styled lamp attributed to Maison Baguès, with wonderful unusual black fiber lampshade. Measure: A full 70" tall on 17" legs is perfect for bo...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bronze

Floor Lamp in Teak Wood with Leather Shade by Uno & Östen Kristiansson
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Masculine floor lamp by O¨sten & Uno Kristiansson for Luxus, Sweden - Teak frame with black leather shade. Labeled. Recently re wired with floor s...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Leather, Wood

Sculptural Tripod Floor Lamp Attributed to Stilnovo, circa 1955
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A wonderful documented floor lamp attributed to Stilnovo constructed of brass, steel and glass diffuser with all original parts.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Steel, Brass

1980 Seguso Vetri d'Arte Italian Bespoke Brass Pair of Purple Murano Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Italian vintage one-of-a-kind pair of custom made large lamps, Mid-Century Modern design, a highly sophisticated work of art attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte, the bowls are in blown opalescent deep violet / dark purple Murano glass of the highest quality, so uniformly dark to look like black and are supported by a bronze and nickel handmade base, highlighted by a very rare decor...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Nickel, Bronze

Verdigris Floor Lamp by Stewart Ross James for Hansen
Located in East Hampton, NY
Verdigris floor lamp by Stewart Ross James for Hansen with ebonized wood base. Measures: 66.5" overall H, 58" H to the socket.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Floor Lamp by Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp by Stilnovo made of die-cast aluminium with crease paint, nickel-plate brass, opal glass and cast iron base. Manufactured by Stilnovo...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Chrome and Lucite Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A chrome and Lucite floor lamp on chrome square base and fittings. Rewired and PAT tested with antique white cord flex.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Arlus Floor Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
French floor lamp designed by Arlus. Plastic shade dimension : 9'. Base : 9" * 9" 100w US wired and in working condition "LES ARTS MENAGERS" Issue March 1961
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Chrome, Nickel

Italian Floor Lamp Attributed to O-Luce
Located in London, GB
Floor lamp with two-shade. Articulated lower shade also adjusts upwards and downwards. Original paintwork in excellent condition. Marble base.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Chrome

Pair of Italian Ebonized Wood and Chrome Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian ebonized wood and chrome trimmed floor lamps with a large frosted glass shade (similar Pair: VTP1660B)
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Evalux Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In 1934 Niek Hiemstra and his brother in law founded the lighting firm Hiemstra & Evenblij. After his companion left the business in 1952 Hiemstra went on alone and changed the brand...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Very Chic Mid Century Three Light Floor Lamp
Located in Buchanan, MI
Very Chic Mid Century Three Light Floor Lamp In Polished Chrome.
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Mid-Century Modern Standing Lamp In Steel, Brass, Fabric - Spain
Located in Girona, ES
Standing lamp, black lacquered steel and polished solid brass, beige lampshade. Spain, circa 1950.
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1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Steel

Modernist Standing Floor Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A minimalist, architectural and refined torchiere having a matte black rectilinear frame topped by an expressive subtly arching element housing the light source.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Contemporary Modern Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This modern floor lamp features an adjustable neck, dimmer switch, and matte black finish with brass accents. Please confirm item location (NY or NJ) with dealer.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

"Trienale" Italian Floor Lamp
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The "trienale" floor lamp has three adjustable arms with black enameled shades that can direct light in any direction; they pivot off a chrome pole and base. Sculptural functionalit...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Elegant in its simplicity, this single tubular column of black enameled brass sits on a heavy yet small blacked iron solid base.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Iron

Illuminated Globe Lamp attributed to Edward Wormley Dunbar
Located in Chicago, IL
Globe Lamp attributed to Edward Wormley for Dunbar. These are wired and illuminate.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Wood

Adjustable Chrome and Walnut Floor Lamp by Hans Eichenberger Mid-Century Modern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very unique adjustable height chrome and walnut Swiss floor lamp designed by Hans Eichenberger. The lamp features a very sleek chrome frame with four raised step down feet, and three...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Pair of C. Jere Style Brass Brutalist Table Lamps Laurel, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
These wonderful lamps are designed by Bijan of California titled “Setarrah”. Large-scale sculptural table lamps comprised of a brass rod sunburst and torch cut curved brass ribbons...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Pair of French Wrought Iron Floor Lamps / Torchieres Attr. to Gilbert Poillerat
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of French Mid-Century hand-wrought iron Torchiere / standing lamps attributed to Gilbert Poillerat circa 1930-40. ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron

Elegant French Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Elegant three-leg black metal floor lamp with incised nickel accents, France, 1950s.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Nickel

Pair of Mid Century Lucite and Chrome Art Deco Karl Springer Style Floor Lamps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very unique pair of Lucite and chrome floor lamps in the manner of Karl Springer. The pair features stacked Lucite shafts, with Lucite cylinders encasing the chrome interior shafts. ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Architectural Iron Rod Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Interesting waisted form floor lamp constructed of bent iron rods. Black paint finish over iron rod frame, working, original condition, no shade included.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron

Pair Italian Mid-Century Bronze Luminator Floor Lamps, Attr. Pietro Chiesa, 1930
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and Sober pair of Italian Mid-Century 'Luminator' standing lamps in Bronzed Iron reflective of the Novecento period that integrated and transcended Art Deco, Modern and Neoclassical design...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Steel

Italian Three-Arm Floor Lamp
Located in Highland, IN
A wonderful example of Italian midcentury lighting, this three-arm floor lamp has conical-shades in red, yellow and blue attached with bra...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Steel

Italian Ebonized Wood and Chrome Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Italian ebonized wood and chrome trimmed floor lamps with large frosted glass shades over a glass disc. (similar Pair: VTP1660)
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

French Hand Wrought Iron Floor Lamp by Attributed to Rene Jean Caillette
Located in Chicago, IL
Interesting French floor lamp in black wrought iron with a pineapple or basket motif in the central portion on splayed legs. Very architectural. Attributed to Rene Jean Caillette, c...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron

A French 1970s Metal and Stainless Steel Floor Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
A metal base and stem floor lamp with two asymmetric stainless steel shades. Designer not found / identified by us.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Monumental Angelo Lelli Floor Lamp For Arteluce.
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A very impressive and rare large floor lamp by Lelli. This example is more sculpture than lamp . Beautiful chromed metal with weighted base and adjustable arms.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

1950s French Floor Lamp
Located in Cathedral City, CA
French, 1950s floor lamp with three lights and brass details in the style of Jacques Adnet.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Copper

Italian Adjustable Floor Lamp by Fontana Arte
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Italian adjustable floor lamp by Fontana Arte. Enameled metal shade attached to a brass arm and pole standing on a glass base. Restored a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Enamel

French Floor Lamp by Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in Cathedral City, CA
French 1930s chrome floor lamps designed by Robert Malle-Stevens (1886-1945) Bibliography: Yvonne Brunhammer : Les styles des années 30 à 50 "...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

1950s Italian Floor Lamp
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Italian six-light brass and black painted on metal floor lamp.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Metal

Cedric Hartman Chrome Pharmacy Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in the 1970s, this chrome floor lamp by Cedric Hartman is an enduring design classic. The modernist floor lamp features a chrome dome shade attached to a curved aluminum ste...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome, Aluminum

Rare Brass Floor Lamp by Valenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare brass floor lamp by Valenti. Designed and manufactured in Spain, circa the 1970s. Purchased as dead stock. Polished brass lamp body and adjustable shad...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Angelo Brotto for Esperia "Giraffa" Floor Lamp, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Floor lamp Mod. "Giraffa" designed by Angelo Brotto for Esperia, Italy 1970. The lamp is made of stainless steel and has an adjustable and swivel lamp holder and arm.
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Steel

Floor, Table Red Lamp Noce T by Achille Castiflioni for Flos
Located in Padova, IT
Iconic floor side lamp Noce T designed by Achille Castiglioni and produced by Flos 1970s. It owes its name to the rounded shape that suggests a half walnut. T...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Italian 1950's Signed Arredoluce Monza Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A super stylish Italian 1950's Floor Lamp by Arredoluce Monza. The Lamp features a slim brass pole set on a tri - legged brass base with black enamelled classic cone shaped shade. ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Brutalist Artist Made Metal Mid-Century Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A sculptural artist created floor lamp. Belgium, c1970s. Unusual unique finish. Since re-wired and PAT tested. Location: Belgium Gallery...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Set of 2 Luigi Caccia Dominioni Floorlamps Manufactured by Azucena in 1948
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Very rare Italian lamp set from 1948, the two lamps , model Lte1, were designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni and manufactured by Azucena. The lampshades...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Chrome

Luigi Caccia Dominioni LTE 5 Floor Lamp, Azucena, Italy, 1950s
Located in London, GB
A rare and elegant Luigi Caccia Dominioni LTE 5 floor lamp, made by Azucena, Italy, in the 1950s. Enamled aluminium, brass and enameled steel. In good original v...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Floor Lamp Mod. "2020", Design Max Ingrand, Production Fontana Arte, Italy, 1961
Located in Napoli, IT
Floor lamp mod. "2020", design Max Ingrand, Production Fontana Arte, Italy 1961. Lacquered metal, brass and shaped crystals. Bibliography: Illuminazione, "Quaderni Fontana Arte"n...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Crystal, Metal, Brass

Italian Designer, Floor Lamp, Metal, Brass, Rattan, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, metal and rattan floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Italian Triennale Three Arm Floor Lamp. Black Perforated Shades and Chrome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Three arm floor lamp in the style of Arredoluce. Chromed steel base, central support and arms. Black enameled perforated shades make for a striking appearance when turned on. There a...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Mid Century Floor Lamp Lidokov, Combi Lux, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very nice style of lighting - adjustable - practical - designed by Stanislav Indra.
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Black & Metal Pair Architectural Floor Lamps Italian Style
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a terrific pair of adjustable, architectural, metal floor lamps, circa the 1970s 1980s. In excellent vintage condition. The dimensions are 14" W x 14.5" D x...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Leucos Glass Metal Uplight Floor Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunning, glass and metal, uplight floor lamp, by Leucos Italy, circa the 1960s. In excellent vintage condition. The dimensions are 26.5" diameter x 68" h...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Karl Springer "Bullet" Up Light in Gunmetal, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
"Bullet" up light in gunmetal by Karl Springer, American, 1970s. This comes with the original honeycomb diffuser. This up light is beautifully made.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Tripod Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Mid-century Modern floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage floor lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, tables, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern floor lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original floor lamps, popular names associated with this style include Stilnovo, Angelo Lelii, J.T. Kalmar, and Oluce. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for floor lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $144 and tops out at $150,000 while the average work can sell for $2,844.

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