Modern Floor Lamps
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Returnable Items Only
Contemporary Olvidada Standing Lamp In Copper and light tubes by Pepe Cortés
By Pepe Cortés
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pepe Cortés designed this linestra lamp in 1976, but was forgotten about in a drawer until BD recuperated it and put it into production in 1984. Its name Olivdada (meaning forgotten)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Copper
Modern Metal Painted Floor Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Modern metal painted floor lamp.
Measures: H 183cm, D 20cm.
Category
1990s French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Elegant Italian Sandblasted Murano Glass Floor Lamp Circa 1970s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Elegant Italian Sandblasted Murano Glass Floor Lamp Circa 1970s
This refined floor lamp was entirely handcrafted in the Venetian island of Murano in the 1970s using the ancient local...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Standing Floor Lamp from the 1960s in Metal Paint and Brass, Three Lights
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Standing floor lamp from the 1960s in metal paint and brass. Three lights.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Articulated Floor Lamp by Rosemarie & Rico Baltensweiler, Switzerland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950's floor lamp by Rosemarie & Rico Baltensweiler, Switzerland. Very versatile lamp. Adjustments at 3 points, floor, mid lamp and at the shade.
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Nickel, Steel
Pierced White Enamel Triangular Lamp with Three White Glass Shades, 1960s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Minimalist, geometric, perforated White enamel Floor Lamp or Table Lamp, 1960s. Featuring a versatile and architectural white enameled metal triangular form with geometric perforatio...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
R & Y Augousti Floor Lamp, Shagreen, Alligator, Lizard and Mahogany Wood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This rare Art Deco style floor lamp by the firm of R & Y Augousti definitely combines glamour and modernism with its form and use of exotic materials. Here the firm has used shagreen...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Shagreen
Acrylic and Polished Brass Floor Lamp by Frederick Cooper
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large glamorous acrylic and polished brass floor lamp designed by Frederick Cooper in the 1970s.
The lamp has been newly rewired and new vanilla linen shade.
The bottom base ha...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Sandblasted Lucite Torchere by Karl Springer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of monumental torchiere floor lamps. These oversized lamps were designed by Karl Springer for Karl Springer Ltd, circa 1970s for bespoken spacious interior as statement lighting. Will look amazing in a large living room or dinging room...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Bespoke Italian Abstract Design Meccano Nickel Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A modern Italian fine design floor lamp, the abstract geometric design with squared metal strips and plates disposed on a central pole supported by a stepped nickel-plated square bas...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Polish Nickel and Acrylic Floor Lamps by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular pair of clear acrylic and polish nickel floor lamps Design by renowned designer Charles Hollis Jones in the 1970s.
Newly restored.
Dimension: 65” high 19.75” wide and...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Nickel
CX Design Studio Hand Turned Solid Beech Floor Lamp, 1970's
By CX Design 1
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Organic CX Design Studio All Beech Reading Floor Lamp. Hand crafted, solid and natural, neutral grained Beech with saucer column details and round 11" base. Shade shown for display o...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Beech
Chrome and Acrylic Torchere by Fredrick Ramond
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An amazing 1986 polished chrome, acrylic and glass torchère by Frederick Ramond.
The torchère has a polished chrome finish.
The green and red disks on the shade are made of glass.
The top white disk is metal powder coated white.
The three arms that hold the shade together are acrylic.
The torchère has a full range built in dimmer with a custom acrylic knob.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Lucite and Brass Ram's Head Regency Style Column Floor Lamp
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous restored vintage column floor lamp has two appendages of ram's heads on the sides. The components are brass and lucite. It has ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Halogen Torchiere Floor Lamp , Silver plated , Glass & Marble , Italia , 1980s
By Artemide
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Thick glass panel mounted on a sturdy silver plated structure .
Finely selected marble base .
Extremely well made with high quality material.
Measure 74 inches high.
Halogen light bulb rated at 500 watts maximum.
Foot dimmer...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Silver
Black and White Murano Glass Floor Lamp
By Venini
Located in London, GB
Italian designed black and white Murano glass floor lamp on chrome structure attributed to Venini.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Floor Lamp by Albano, circa 1950s
By Albano
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant floor lamp by Albano, New York, circa 1950s.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
1980s Italian Modern Black and Red Murano Glass Pair of Fountain Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A one-of-a-kind pair of sophisticated sculptural floor lamps, custom-made in Murano glass, the exclusive blown stem of the highest quality in textured black Murano glass is worked with red streaks in the glass, the illuminated central bowl containing black glass scrolls and many fine red glass rods rising like sprays of water in a fountain, the raised central element in black Murano glass also contains light that illuminates the red glass finial...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Paul Evans Dual Metal "Cityscape" Floor Lamp
By Paul Evans
Located in North Miami, FL
The Paul Evans cityscape floor lamp is patchwork or random tile patterning of the mixed metals of chrome-plated and brass-plated. This Evans floor...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Memphis Floor Lamps Italy, C1984
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous painted steel floor lamps by Memphis in original condition. Shades have different diameter as well as the color. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. New wiring.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Modern Floor Lamp in Black and Transparent Murano Glass 1990s Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Modern Floor Lamp in Black and Transparent Murano Glass 1990s Italy.
Modern Italian Floor lamp in Murano glass in very excellent original condition,...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Most Unusual Floor Lamp with a hand made knot Metal Shade
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A most unusual three footed floor lamp with a metal shade that is quite contorted. This lamp looks like a one of a kind piece as the shade has hand marker markings where it is held t...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Floor Lamps
Unique American Made Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful American made floor lamp made with what it appears to be acrylic and metal with a lacquer finish. The base is weighted with cement which makes ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Cement, Metal
Polished Nickel and Glass Floor Lamp with Table by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A custom polished nickel floor lamp with built in table combination designed by Charles Hollis Jones in 1970.
Table is 20" high 20" in ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Signed Original Ulla Darni Floor Lamp / Torchiere
By Ulla Darni
Located in North Bergen, NJ
This gorgeous original Ulla Darni floor lamp is reverse painted on glass with hand-forged iron work having an adjustable base. Ulla starts with a blank glass surface to paint on. She...
Category
2010s Modern Floor Lamps
Joe Colombo Italian Alogena for Oluce Adjustable Light Floor Lamp Vintage
By Joe Colombo
Located in North Miami, FL
This very high style Italian vintage Alogena Joe Colombo for Oluce adjustable floor lamp has different heights that you can adjust only for...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
Cattelan Italia 'Luna / Libra' Marble Base Arc Floor Lamp
Located in North Vancouver, BC
A masterful Cattelan Italia take on the arc floor lamp, this one with two bisecting arms that are moveable up and down and sideways, allowing freedom of placement within any environm...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Lampada da terra 'Graal Alfa' di Arteluce Anni 90
By Arteluce
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da terra a luce riflessa, in metallo e alluminio smaltati. Buone condizioni.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Pair of Italian Casa Bique Brass Turtle Back Lit Floor lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of Italian Casa Bique Brass Turtle Back Light Floor lamps with wonderful patin and age. Beautiful glow off he inner portion whrere the light is sends a yellowish glow throguht t...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Lampada da terra 'Graal Alfa' di Arteluce Anni 90
By Arteluce
Located in Milano, IT
Lampada da terra a luce riflessa, in metallo e alluminio smaltati. Buone condizioni.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Giacometti Style Sculpture Floor Lamp Torchiere
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Giacometti Style Sculpture Floor Lamp Torchiere is a blend of art and illumination. Inspired by Giacometti's iconic style, it features a...
Category
20th Century Philippine Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Lampada da terra Toio italiana moderna, metallo, di Castiglioni per Flos, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Lampada da terra Toio con diffusore a luce indiretta, la struttura è formata da una base in metallo verniciato bianco e uno stelo esagonale in metallo, che supporta il cavo elettrico...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Lampada da terra Toio italiana moderna, metallo, di Castiglioni per Flos, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Lampada da terra Toio con diffusore a luce indiretta, la struttura è formata da una base in metallo verniciato bianco e uno stelo esagonale in metallo, che supporta il cavo elettrico...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chrome Adjustable Floor Lamps by Casella Lighting
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s polish chrome adjustable floor lamps by Casella Lighting.
In good original vintage condition, shows minor wear consistent with age. The lamps are dimmable and take one 75w ma...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Contemporary Bamboo and Rattan Coconut Tree Floor Lamp, France
Located in Brussels, BE
Contemporary Bamboo and Rattan Coconut Tree Floor Lamp, France
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
"Vertigo" Mirrored Floor Lamp by Marco Acerbi for Fontana Arte, 2010s
Located in Brescia , Brescia
"Vertigo" Mirrored Floor Lamp by Marco Acerbi for Fontana Arte, 2010s
Introduce an air of mesmerizing charm to your living space with the captivating "Vertigo" Mirrored Floor Lamp, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Akari BB3-33S Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by Noguchi beginning in 1951 and handmade for a half century by the original manufactur...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Bulge Lines floor lamp yellow Norihiko Terayama Sculptural lamp
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Bulge Lines: floor lamp yellow
This sculptural lighting is made of mainly a lot of wires bonded each.
Three light bulbs are attached. It is a ligh...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wire
Taidetakomo Hakkarainen, Finnish 1930's wrought iron floor lamp
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
This stunning floor lamp is an original 1930's piece from Taidetakomo Hakkarainen, designed by the Finnish master craftsman Antti Hakkarainen. Constructed from wrought iron with a be...
Category
Early 20th Century Finnish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Tommaso Cimini for Lumina Daphine Terra Floor lamp 1975
By Lumina, Tommaso Cimini
Located in Den Haag, NL
The Daphine Terra floor lamp designed by Tomasso Cimini, has represented the essence of Lumina since 1975. The Daphine Terra floor lamp has a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Modern Concrete, Plastic and Steel Arc Floor Lamp by Fabio Lenci, 1970s
By Fabio Lenci
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern concrete, plastic and steel arc floor lamp by Fabio Lenci, 1970s.
Arc lamp with semi-spherical concrete base, covered by a beige plastic cap. Arched stem also in stee...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Floor Lamp in Gilded Metal by Tommaso Barbi
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Floor lamp in gilded metal by Tommaso Barbi
Floor lamp in gilded metal by Tommaso Barbi, Foglio model, 1970s.
Measures: H: 168 cm, W: 50 cm, D: 44 cm.
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Modernist Iron Floor Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Found in the South of France, we were immediately stunned by this handmade lamp. This appears to be an artist made piece as the construction is well built but clearly was not produce...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Vetri Floor Lamp in Murano Glass, Italy 1990
By Vetri
Located in DÉNIA, ES
Superb Vetri floor Lamp with one large Murano glass with black structure. The Design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of the Italian Design.
This unique Floor l...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Neon Sculpture & Torchiere Lamp by Rudi Stern for Let There Be Neon, circa 1976
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This neon sculpture standing torchiere lamp is by Rudi Stern who founded the New York Studio and gallery 'Let There Be Neon' in 1972 and was instru...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Bakelite Vintage Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
Important vintage French Bakelite lamp. This modernist pieces features an egg shaped Bakelite form combined with an ebonized wooden base and brass deta...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Hardwood & Brass Floor Lamp, Manner of Gio Ponti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Modern hardwood & brass floor lamp, manner of Gio Ponti
Beautiful sleek brass mounted hardwood column, raised on three carved hardwood legs with pad feet.
Rewired, complete ...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modern Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Mazzega
By Mazzega
Located in Austin, TX
Murano glass modern floor lamp by Mazzega. This original vintage piece combines a beautiful Carrara marble base with a chromed structure and three Murnao glass...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Pair of French Modern Bronze 'X' Base Floor Lamps, C. 1960
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French modern bronze 'X' base floor lamps, C. 1960
Each one of typical form with square column and 12.5 diameter 'X" base.
51" high to the top of the column, 54" high to th...
Category
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Encapsulated Table Lamp by Omar Chakil
Located in Geneve, CH
Encapsulated table lamp by Omar Chakil
“ENCAPSULATED” table lamp - Raw massive Egyptian alabaster or grey minya, brass, LED
Numbered and Signed
Medium size :
Diameter 15cm x he...
Category
2010s Egyptian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Alabaster
RA Alabaster Floor Lamp Sculpted by Omar Chakil
Located in Geneve, CH
RA alabaster floor lamp sculpted by Omar Chakil
“‘RA’ ENCAPSULATED” floor lamp -raw massive Egyptian
Alabaster, brass, LED
Size: Diameter 25cm x height 1.80m
Limited Edition of 1...
Category
2010s Egyptian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Alabaster
Encapsulated Table Lamp by Omar Chakil
Located in Geneve, CH
Encapsulated table lamp by Omar Chakil
“ENCAPSULATED” table lamp - raw massive Egyptian alabaster or Grey Minya, Brass, LED
Numbered and signed
Medium size:
Diameter 15cm x hei...
Category
2010s Egyptian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble
1980s Rodolfo Bonetto 'Sistema Flu' Kinetic Floor Lamp, Italy
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Iconic versatile 'Sistema Flu' floor lamp consist of two arm that move up and down a full 180 degree (floor to floor) with fluorescent or LED tube.
The ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
21st Century Purho Design Chiara Lantern Murano Glass and Brass Various Colors
By Purho Murano
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Purho design Chiara lantern Murano glass and brass various colors
A heart of frosted Murano glass mounted into a brass cage. This is Chiara, a rechargeable lantern desi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Larger Pair Robert Sonneman Chrome "Orbiter" Floor Lamps, Circa 1970
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Classic pair of Robert Sonneman Articulating Chrome Orbiter Floor Lamps. Featuring Chrome-Plated Steel arches, adjustable swing arms, Black metal handles and Black rimmed Chrome Glob...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Modern floor lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used 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 Flos, Artemide, Sabrina Landini, and Philippe Starck. 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 $163 and tops out at $63,676 while the average work can sell for $2,785.
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