Modern Floor Lamps
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s European Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper, Steel
2010s British Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Floor Lamps
Ash
Early 2000s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Oak
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Lebanese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Linen, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wire, Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Paper
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Oak
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Cement
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Cherry
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Romanian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Norwegian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Aluminum, Enamel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Driftwood
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Romanian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Beech
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron