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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
Period: Mid-20th Century
Harvey Probber Style Hexagonal Floor Lamp Side Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern, Moroccan inspired, floor lamp in the style of Harvey Probber features a cut-out, hexagonal table base at 22 inches height with brass accents.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce Multi Adjustable Floor Lamp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Rectangular steel pedestal supports three adjustable cubes each holding one bulb. Original paint and finish shows minor wear.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Limburg Brass Glass Floor Lamp, Germany 1960
Located in Vienna, AT
Large mid century floor light, Glashütte Limburg, Germany 1960. Beautiful 59" floor lamp made from slender brass stems with handblown slightl...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Tripod Floor Lamp, Model 2003 , J.T. Kalmar, 1950's
Located in Vienna, Austria
An elegant midcentury floor lamp from Kalmar, Manufactured in the 1950s in Vienna Austria, this polished brass floor lamp has been rewired with a grey cloth covered cable. The shade ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Stilnovo, Floor Lamp, Brass, Stained Wood Marble, Fabric, Italy, 1950
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, marble, wood and fabric floor lamp designed and produced by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s. Literature: Domus n. 244, March 1950, advertising Sold with Lampshade. Dimensions state...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Brass

Reggiani Height Ajustable Chrome Floor Lamp , 1960s , Italia
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Extra tall 78 inches high Floor / Arc lamp . Does slide down to 62 inches . Adjustable vented chrome shade with opale acrylic outer ring. Shade measure 16 inches at widest point ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Steel, Chrome, Iron

Stilux Midcentury Floor Lamp Italian Production 50 Years
Located in bari, IT
Italian floor lamp Italian production 50 years in the style of Stilux.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Iron

Restored Midcentury Oak Floor Lamp, Milk Glass, 1950s, New Electrification
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Style: Midcentury Period: 1950-1959 Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Material: Oak and Milk glass Maker: ÚLUV - Headquarters of folk art production.      
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Milk Glass, Wood, Oak

Stilnovo Tripod Floor Lamp with Frosted Hand Blown Cased Glass Shades 1960s
Located in Dallas, TX
Sculptural tripod floor lamp with six cased Murano glass shades. Completely rewired with new sockets and footswitch. Ready to energize your space with light.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Stylish Mid-Century Modern Brass Italian Floor Lamp, circa 1950
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A three-light brass floor lamp made in Italy in the 1950s, brass has been perfectly cleaned, you can see photo in original conditions. It works both 110-240 volts and need three e14 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Italian Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian mid century brass lamp, pivoting shade and pivoting base. Floor lamp has some tarnish bras as shown on the photos.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Giuseppe Ostuni Rare Adjustable Floor Lamp, Brass, Fabric, O-Luce, Italy, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A rare model "301" adjustable functionalist floor lamp. Designed by Guiseppe Ostuni and produced by O-Luce, Italy, 1960s. Other designers of the period working in similar style i...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Brass Floor Lamps by Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and timeless pair of French Mid-Century Modern neoclassical floor lamps for Maison Jansen. The pieces are entirely in solid brass and rest on delicate tripod legs which suppo...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

'Tama' Black and White Floor Lamp by Isao Hosoe for Valenti, 1975
Located in Schagen, NL
Gorgeous portable floor lamp designed by Isao Hosoe for Valenti Milano in 1975. This lamp features a white Polyurethan ball with a black ABS plastic han...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Plastic

Floor Midcentury Rare Lamp ULUV, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very nice design - Rocket style / space age - Marked - Beautiful style of lighting.
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Milk Glass, Wood

Two Glass Table Lamps
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two Italian glass table lamps. Diameter base 20 cm. Diameter shade 25 cm. Height 36 cm. Shades shown are for demonstration purposes only.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Glass

Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp by Aldo Nason for A.V. Mazzega
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Murano glass table lamp by Aldo Nason for A.V. Mazzega. 1960-1970.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Glass, Murano Glass

Stilnovo Mid-Century Modern Italian Floor Lamp
Located in Weesp, NL
Italian Mid-Century Modern Stilnovo floor lamp. Elegant and stylish three shade floor lamp by Stilnovo designed and produced in Italy in the 1950s. Three brushed satin glass shades, ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Paracarro Floor Lamp by Mazzega
Located in Milan, IT
Paracarro floor lamp by Mazzega Italy, 1960s. Manufactured by Mazzega. Opalescent blown glass. Measures: D 33 x H 117 cm. D 46 x H 13 in. Please note: Prices do not include VAT. VA...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Blown Glass

Italian Designer, Floor Lamp, Brass, Rosewood, Fabric, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A modernist brass, rosewood, fabric floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1940s. Dimensions stated are of Floor Lamp with Lampshade. Socket takes standard E-26 medium base bu...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp in the style of Arredoluce
Located in New York, NY
Rare and exceptional Italian Mid-Century Modern floor lamp in the style of Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce. The entire composition is ultra-modern / futurist in its conception; it's dari...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Metal

Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Three Flamed Floor Lamp, 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Exceptional and elegant three-flamed Mid-Century Modern floor lamp. Manufactured probably in France, 1950s. Executed in dark green enameled wrought iron and brass, the lamp needs ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Wrought Iron, Brass

Chrome Floor Lamp with Adjustable Arms
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Chrome "orbital" floor lamp with three adjustable arms.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Large Pair of Deep Red and White Holmegaard Table Lamp, Denmark, 1980
Located in Bronx, NY
Large pair of Holmegaard lamps with brushed brass fittings by Holmegaard, Denmark, 1984 in white and deep red with a purple tint glass melt underlaying the smooth clear glass designe...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of French Mid-Century Modern Wrought Iron Floor Lamps, Disderot
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, pair of French Mid-Century Modern floor lamps in enameled wrought iron with brass ball details attributed to Disderot, circa 1950-1960. The standing lamps are set upon a stu...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass, Wrought Iron

1965, Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, Black Based Floor Lamp Plastic Shade
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Floor Lamp by Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage Bumling floor lamp by Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan steel lacquered. Nice used condition.  
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Rare Midcentury Futuristic Chrome Half Dome Torchiere Atomic Floor Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning and beautiful atomic torchiere midcentury floor lamp. The base and top share similar dimensions all in chrome that provides a minimal ye...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Chrome

Vintage Brass Koch & Lowy Articulating Task Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage brass Kovacs articulating task lamp. Manner of Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen Brass Cylinder Floor Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
A T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen brass cylinder floor lamp, mid-20th century.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Ceramic Table Lamp by A Dubois, Belgium Midcentury
Located in Antwerp, BE
Belgium Art Deco vase table lamp made by Antoine Dubois in Bergen during the 1930. Perfect condition It's signed A Dubois. In Bouffioulx, in the old Stud...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Ceramic

1935, W.H. Gispen Lamp 6004 or 640b in Very Good Condition
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach,...
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1930s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Classic Midcentury Goose Neck Floor Lamp
By Lyfa
Located in Søborg, DK
Classic midcentury goose neck floor lamp with 3 brass flexible arms. This beautiful floor lamp was a best seller in Scandinavia during the 1950s...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Silver Cerused and Brushed Aluminum Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This striking Mid-Century Modern floor lamp was realized in the United States circa 1950. It features a inverse hourglass form silver cerused body that flares at its center with an a...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Tripod Faux Bamboo Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Tripod faux bamboo brass floor lamp.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

David Wurster for Raymor Steel and Gray Enamel Aluminum Torchiere, Early 1950s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tall David Wurster for Raymor uplight floor lamp. Featuring a slim lacquered steel stem, gray enameled aluminum single cone shade and original round wooden knob. Single socket. Origi...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Aluminum, Steel

1970s Retro Vintage Freestanding Dijkstra Bowl Shaped Reading Floor Lamp
Located in Markington, GB
1970s retro vintage freestanding Dijkstra bowl shaped reading floor lamp Measure: Height 130cm, depth 40cm, width 20cm Designer: Dijkstra Founded in 1922 by Fokke Dijkstra i...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Walnut Studio Hand Carved Floor Lamp in The Style of Philip Lloyd Powell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautiful example of studio furniture has a graceful body made of two pieces of lovely figured walnut and four legs all hand carved. The carving is very apparent in this piece a...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Brass Floor Lamp, Produced by Rupert Nikoll, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, Austria
This midcentury, brass floor lamp from Rupert Nikoll was made in the 1950s. It is full of details, such as the cone shaped foot, the swivel joint at the top of the column for tiltin...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Stilnovo Floor Lamp with Marble Base, Italy, 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice and typical Italian shaped floor lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950. The base has a round brown marble base and a brass arm with weight for the balance. The shade is originally ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble, Aluminum, Brass

Italian Midcentury Multi-Lights Ceramic Floor Lamp, style of Stilnovo, ca.1960
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian midcentury multi-lights ceramic floor lamp, style of Stilnovo, circa 1960 Multi-lights floor lamp, with a kind of vase basement, in glazed ceramic. Provided of eight brass s...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Brass Glass Floor Lamp Style Fontana Arte, Italy, circa 1965
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare floor lamp style Fontana Arte brass glass, Italy, circa 1965 Rare floor light comprised of brass, curved glass, Italy, 1965. Handmade from thr...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

1960's Brass, Walnut & Colored Glass Birdcage Floor Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Pristine 1960's modern sculptural floor lamp in birdcage form with three colored glass shades.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

'X-Base' Chrome Floor Lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Minimalist Mid-Century Modern X base chrome floor lamp, having a 3 sockets that light up in progression. Designed by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings manufactured by Hansen in the USA, circ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern, Italian Floor Lamp in Yellow Lacquered Metal by Gae Aulenti
Located in London, GB
Modernist floor lamp in distressed lacquered metal with Perspex shade by Gae Aulenti for Poltronova. This is an early Model example of 'Locus Solus'...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Vintage Golf Club Leather Brass Floor Lamp Jacques Adnet Attributed
Located in Vienna, AT
An extraordinary high quality vintage golf club floor lamp attributed to Jacques Adnet 1940s France, which was made out of stitched leather, solid brass, brassed metal and black lacq...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Dunbar Snack Table Floor Lamp, Model 4856, Designed by Edward Wormley
Located in Hanover, MA
Rare Dunbar floor lamp/snack table combo, Model 4856, designed by Edward Wormley circa 1948. Original Dunbar tag on underside. Slender tapered walnut leg and lamp stem. Round top, 25...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Nice Italien Floor Lamp
Located in Munich, DE
Marble foot, brass base and lacquered shade.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Marble

1950s French Floor Lamp with Three Articulated Shades
Located in London, GB
Standing floor lamp with a tripod base and three colored shades Rewired with an electrical insulated cable and footswitch.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful brass floor lamp designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen floor lamp. Solid, cross-shaped base compliments its squared brass pole. A clever, integrated celluloid switc...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Amazing Austrian Floor Lamp
Located in Munich, DE
Teak, brass and fabric shade. Shade needs a reclue.
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Teak

1970s Retro Vintage Freestanding Dijkstra Mushroom Shaped Two Lights Floor Lamp
Located in Markington, GB
1970s retro vintage freestanding Dijkstra mushroom two lights shaped floor lamp Measures: Height 150 cm, depth 90 cm, width 30 cm Designer: Dijkstra Founded in 1922 by Fokke...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Jacques Duval Brasseur, Floor Lamp "Coq", France, 1970
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Jacques Duval Brasseur, large lamp sculpture "Cock" black patinated welded metal enhanced with brass, France, 1970. Unique piece signed on the foot. Jacques Duval Brasseur was bo...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Brass Vintage Floor Lamp attributed to Guiseppe Ostuni, Italy, circa 1940
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass vintage floor lamp attributed to Guiseppe Ostuni, which shows very similar design features by Guiseppe Ostuni. The stem was made of brass and beechwood. The renewed lamp shade ...
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Beech

Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Floor Lamp, Brass, Murano Glass, White Fabric, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and Murano glass floor lamp produced by Seguso Vetri D'arte, Italy, 1940s. Sold with Lampshade. Dimensions stated are of Floor Lamp with Lampshade. Socket takes standard E...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Brass

Italian Elegant Floor Lamp in Brass and Glass
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s floor lamp in brass and glass. Height with shade 68" - 173.   
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Floor Lamp, Vienna, circa 1960s with Glass Handle
Located in Wien, AT
Floor lamp, Vienna, circa 1960s with glass handle Original condition The lampshade have been renewed as well based on the original dimensions. (New).
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Large Vintage Lamp All in Chrome
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Brilliant and sparkling important lamp all in chrome metal and vintage look that will not dazzle you; its dimensions will make you see things big! On the floor, on your desk, you can...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

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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