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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 celebrated 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.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
Mid-Century Space Age Flash Floor Lamp from Guzzini, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Mid Century floor lamp from Guzzini. The classic Guzzini plastic shade is turned in this design so that the lamp acts as an uplighter. The shade is finished in a beige tone. Th...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Unique and Highly Decorative Congolese Hardwood Tree Trunk Floor Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
A unique and highly decorative Congolese hardwood tree trunk, displaying burly freak growths all-over and mounted as a standing lamp. Beautiful original 1970s lampshade...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Minimalist Tripod Floor Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant mid century floor lamp with two shades. A reserved and detailed design. The materiality and coloring is striking here. The foot catches the eye. This shows a star shape and ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Vintage 1960s Danish Teak Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage 1960s Danish Teak Brass Floor Lamp Teak floor lamp with the center section featuring carved details with a brass insert. Wired and wo...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Minimalist Tripod Cocoon Floor Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Minimalist Mid Century Tripod floor lamp. Simple standing lamp with finely designed three -legged foot. The shade runs up slightly conical. The lamp is in very good condition with s...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century German Minimalist Model Nr. 8180 Floor Lamp by Karl-Heinz, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Minimalist mid-century floor lamp by Cosack. A simple design in a minimalist design language. The screen has a classic shape and is elegantly curved. The shaft ends in a simple plat...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

1970s Brushed Chrome & Cobalt Blue Glass Floor Lamp in the Style Carl Fagerlund
Located in London, GB
1970s Vintage Swedish brushed chrome and cobalt blue glass circular floor lamp. In the style of Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors. A stylish yet underst...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Red Mushroom Desk Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
VEB Leuchtenbau red mushroom desk lamp. Materials: Red painted iron base and aluminium lampshade with a brass top. Cast iron counterweight inside t...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Floor Lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1955. Brass, enameled metal adjustable shade. Original EU cord. We r...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Inger Persson, Table Lamp for Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Antwerp, BE
Inger Persson table lamp. Rörstrand. Signed IP Ateljé, Sweden. Measure: H include shade 71 cm. Diameter shade 35 cm. Diameter 12 cm. Height base 42 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Ceramic

Rewire Custom Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp with adjustable linen or silk shade provides direct light. Double socket, one in top and one in bottom of shade. Each socket takes one E26 ...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Robert Sonneman Adjustable White Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of white metal and chrome floor lamps with adjustable shade and arm. USA, circa 1970. Made by Robert Sonneman. Priced as two (2) floor lamps. Dimensions: 54.5 inch height 9...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

De-Lux B4 by Gio Ponti for Tato
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The De-Lux series has remained only an idea of Gio Ponti, who in 1955 quickly but precisely sketched it on a notebook. In 2017, together with Gio Ponti Archives, TATO did a philologi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Iron

Vintage floor lamp by Mazzega, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century floor lamp consisting of three white murano glass parts and a globe glass lamp shade. In between the glass parts we have chromed metal rings to keep the parts togheter a...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Murano Glass

1950s Maison Lunel Floor Lamp Attributed to Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in London, GB
The Maison Lunel floor lamp from the 1950s created by Royal Lumière and attributed to Jean Boris Lacroix ... Floor lamp with cylindrical base in black lacquered metal comprising thr...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Midcentury Space Age Brass Floor Lamp with Three Pivoting Head after Regggiani
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Space Age brass floor lamp with 3 adjustable spot lights by Clover Lamp Company, which produced modern lamps often modeled after Italian d...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

21st Century Triennale Floor Lamp brass&blue-red-yellow Angelo Lelii 2019 Italy
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Icon of Arredoluce, symbol of an era and source of inspiration for many objects to follow over time, Triennale is perhaps the best known project by Angelo Lellii. Presented at the VI...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Brass, Chrome

Two Cast Iron Painted Table Lamps
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two white painted iron table or floor lamps. Measure: Height of the table lamp base without fitting 60 cm. Height of the table lamp base wit...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Iron, Wrought Iron

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

Rectilinear Standing Brass Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Murano Glass Floor Lamp by C. Nason for Selenova - Italy - 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant testament to the Italian avant-garde design of the 1960s, this rare floor lamp is a masterpiece signed by Carlo Nason for the Selenova manufactory, famous for its collabor...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Floor Lamp by Uno Dahlen for Aneta, Sweden
Located in Antwerp, BE
Floor lamp by Uno Dahlen for Aneta. In red lacquer metal and plastic shade. Original tag, Sweden, 1960s.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Fine French 1960's Illuminated Column by Jean Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
With an off-white/cream lacquered structure, three illuminated shelves with a brown background, a laminated white glass top shade and nickel details.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Italian Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in bruxelles, BE
White Italian metal lamp. Wear due to time and age of the lamp For shipping, request us for receive the best price.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

A Midcentury Torchiere Floor Lamp in Soft Gold with Brass Detail
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage torchiere floor lamp, produced circa 1950s, in soft gold tone, with large domed shade over a long baluster formed stem, inset by...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Metal

1960s Italian floor lamp
Located in Cerignola, IT
Beautiful and unique Italian floor lamp 1960s in the style of Stilnovo , consisting of an undulating brass rod and five smoke glass spheres. Verona red marble base. New electrics
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Brass

Glass Sculptural Pyramid Light
Located in Stamford, CT
Dramatic and unusual light sculpture. Amazing detail with miniature elongated cubes of clear glass individually sewn to each other by thin silver wire. A wonderful one-of-a-kind piece.
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Art Glass

Miguel Mila' Floor Lamp: A Timeless Spanish Modernist Classic
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Miguel Mila' Floor Lamp: A Timeless Spanish Modernist Classic Step into the world of Spanish modern design with this exquisite floor lamp by Miguel Mila', designed and manufactured ...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Zodiac RAAK Floor Lamp
Located in Oosterbeek, NL
So called Zodiac table- or floor lamp from The Netherlands designed for RAAK Amsterdam. Ton Alberts designed it in 1974 and it remained an absolute classic. Part of the Rijksmuseum ...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Reggiani Chrome Floor Lamp – Italy, 1970s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Reggiani Chrome Floor Lamp – Italy, 1970s A striking example of Italian modernist lighting design, this Reggiani floor lamp from the 1970s is a sculptural and functional piece craft...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Rare Floor Lamp by Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce
Located in Munich, DE
The main switch lights one shade. Two shades can be switched extra.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

Gae Aulenti Attributed Mushroom/UFO Murano Glass Floor Lamp, Murano Italy 1970s
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Step back into the chic aura of the 1970s Italian Space Age Mid-Century with this exquisite Murano glass floor lamp, evocative of the innovative designs by Gae Aulenti and akin to th...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Midcentury Strong Trouperette Theater Stage Spot Light on Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Industrial style Mid-Century Modern strong Trouperette theater stage spotlight mounted on a tripod iron Stand. As found working condition with origina...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Iron

Giuseppe Ostuni 301M floor lamp Oluce Italy 1953
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare reading lamp designed by Giuseppe Ostuni and manufactured by Oluce in Italy in 1953. This particular lamp is quite unique due to its partly metallic blue finished stem. The lamp...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Aluminum, Brass

1960s Floor Lamp in Brass by Zukov, Czechoslovakia
Located in Zohor, SK
Amazing floor lamp in a great condition! This lamp was produced in Czechoslovakia in 1960s by Zukov. Stands on a strong brass construction and rods. The brass shows only minor age fa...
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Bras and Glass Floor Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bras and glass floor lamp. Height with shade 180 cm. Diameter shade 50 cm. Height shade 35 cm. Height without shade 177 cm. Diameter base 44 cm. Shade is new.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Metal

Floor Lamp
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
1950s floor lamp professionally stained and re-polished.
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Serge Mouille - Medium Signal Floor Lamp in Silver
Located in Stratford, CT
10 years after producing his famous first designs, Mouille departed from naturalism and created a series of lighted columns, among them the large and small signals. The signals combi...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Steel

Large Italian Brass Shade Floor Lamp Torchere with Dimmer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Italian brass torchere floor lamp on tripod base with dimmer.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Bronze, Steel

Stilnovo Bruo Gatta floor lamp 1950s directional arms rare collector's item
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rare 1950s Floor Lamp in brass and lacquered metal Marble base, signed Stilnovo to be restored
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Metal, Brass

Pie de Salón G2 Floor Lamp by Jaume Sans for Santa & Cole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinterpreting traditional lamps. Jaume Sans was a renowned Catalan surrealist sculptor and painter. He was also a member of the artistic association ADLAN that included amongst its members Picasso, Dalí, Miró and Calder...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal

1970s Vintage Italian Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made 1970’s vintage Italian chrome floor lamp. The chrome frame is of amazing quality, with three bulb holde...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Pair of Floor Lamps by Arlus
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of floor lamps by Arlus From 1960 Métal.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Large Ceramic Floor-Table Lamp with New Silk Custom Made Lampshade René Houben
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic bubble table or floor lamp, Germany, 1960s. A sculptural piece made of handmade ceramic in rich glazed blue, ivory and brown tones. With a new matching custom made ...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Floor lamp and plant stand "CLOSE ENCOUNTER" by Kerst Koopman, Dutch design 80s
By Kerst Koopman
Located in DE MEERN, NL
FLOOR LAMP AND PLANT STAND "CLOSE ENCOUNTER" BY KERST KOOPMAN, NETHERLANDS 1980S Introducing the "Close Encounter" Floor Lamp and Plant Stand, designed by Kerst Koopman in the Nethe...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Milk Glass, Wood, Lacquer

Isamu Noguchi, Akari UF, Circa 1970s
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Stunning mid-century modern piece: the vintage Akari lamp by Isamu Noguchi. Crafted in the 1970s, this lamp is timeless, elegant, and shows some traces of use. This is a rare discont...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern Venetian Glass Torchere Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Murano glass midcentury torchiere floor lamp with silvered bronze legs and decorative elements. Hand blown fluted glass columns with ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Adjustable Minimalist Floor Lamp Chrome and White Lacquer, Germany, 1950
Located in Brussels, BE
Minimalist adjustable floorlamp probably designed fof Kosack Germany. White lacquered metal and chromed parts. circa 1960.
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Very rare Danish Floorlamp from Louis Poulsen 50s for a Copenhagen hospital
Located in Oirlo, LI
Very rare Vintage floor lamp Danish design by Louis Poulsen 1950s for a Copenhagen hospital These lamps are very special, and designed and made by Louis Poulssen in the 1950s The l...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome, Iron

Italian mid-century modern Floor lamp in withe fabric brass by Lam Bologna 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Floor lamp in withe fabric and brass by Lam Bologna, 1960s Floor lamp with white fabric lampshade and white trimmings on the edges. The structure is made o...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Gino Sarfatti 1073 floor lamp set Arteluce Italy 1956
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare set of 1071 floor lamp set designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce in 1956. This lamp is maybe one the icons designed by Sarfatti. It certainly was one of the lon...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Chrome, Aluminum

Space Age Floor Lamp, White Glass Lampshade, Wooden Base, Midcentury, 1960s
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This 1960s floor lamp was made by Czech manufacturer ULUV (Ustredi Lidove a Umelecke Vyroby). It has a large milk-white glass lampshade set on a wooden oak tripod base. It gives a wa...
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Glass, Wood

French Mid-Century 3 Panel Wall Sconce / Floor Light Sculpture by Max Sauze
Located in New York, NY
Rare French Mid-Century Modern floor / wall light sconce sculpture by Max Sauze (France, 1933). Sauze's three-part lighted sculpture is a poetic composition of a handmade stainless ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Iron and bronze pair of floor lamps. France, circa 1940.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Iron and bronze pair of floor lamps. France, circa 1940.
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Bronze, Iron

Mid-Century Modern White Steel Floor Lamp by Danish Maker Frandsen
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Elegant floor lamp designed and made by Danish lamp specialist Frandsen. It consists of a round base on which three tubes have been mounted, carrying a two level shade. The way the...
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Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Steel

Rare Large RAAK ‘Light Sculpture’ Table Floor Lamp by Maurice Grothausen, 1960
By RAAK, Maurice Grothausen
Located in Echt, NL
Very rare RAAK ‘Light Sculpture’ table floor lamp in very good condition. The lamp consists of four anodized aluminum tubes, they all have a different shape and can be exchanged amo...
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20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Floor Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful 1950s black metal and brass floor lamp with gold colored shade. Measures: Height with shade 140 cm. Diameter shade 43 cm. Height shade 35 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Metal

Rare Pair of Italian Mercury Glass Sphere Lamps, Excellent Condition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare pair of Italian mercury glass sphere lamps in good condition.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Wire

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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