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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Period: Late 20th Century
Altarte Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp by Stilkronen, 1992
By Stilkronen
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Fan-shaped Murano glass lamp, signed Altarte di Stilkronen, production 1992.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Samurai Floor Lamp by Stilnovo, Red and Black with Articulating Arm
By Stilnovo
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stilnovo "Samurai" articulating arm floor lamp. Extremely versatile from up light to task light and everything in between. All original, 1985. See photos for an original Stilnovo cat...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
TOTEM Italian Floor Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A TOTEM floor lamp metal et Lucite.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Polish Brass Floor Lamp by Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful Italian polish brass floor lamp with a black powder coated base, design in the 1970s by Goffredo Reggiani. The lamp has been professionally polished and lacquered. The fo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Chain Floor Lamp Bronze with Marble Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great looking welded chain links into a standing floor lamp. Solid absolute black marble base. Has a single brass socket and harp. No shade. Deco/modern d...
Category
1990s North American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Very Rare Stilnovo Ziggurat Floor Lamp by Shigeaki Asahara
Located in Munich, DE
Often seen as table lamp, but quite rare as floor lamp.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modern Vintage Artemide Metal Floor Lamp by Carlo Forcolini 1980s Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A modern vintage Artemide floor lamp, which was designed by Carlo Forcolini, 1980s Italy.
The floor lamp named Polifemo was made of black ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Twist Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pair of elegant floor lamps with a twist. Slender brass shafts with stylized teak flicker candle twists over round teak bases. France, 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modernist Lucite and Brass Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A modernist floor lamp.
Frosted Lucite and polished brass details.
Lamp shade diameter: 20 inches.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Arteluce "Club" Floor Lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Sacile, PN
CLUB 1195 floor lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce, circa 1985.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Six-Light Floor Lamp
By Stilnovo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Italian six-light floor lamp in the style of Alberello Stilnovo, with foot light switch.
Marble base: diam 28cm.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Chrome Torchiere Floor Lamp by George Kovacs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Polish chrome tubular torchiere floor lamp, design by George Kovacs in the 1980s.
Retains Kovacs tag (see detail photo).
The lamp has been newly rewired.
Measurements: 70” high, 1...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Modernist White Metal Floor Lamp by Hartmut Engel for Zumtobel, 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Austria
- Made of lacquered metal
- Halogen bulb
- Re-polished
- Fully functional
- Good, original condition.
Category
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Tom Dixon Blow Light Pendant Fixture, Floor, Table Lamp, Early 2000s
By Tom Dixon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Tom Dixon blow light pendant fixture, floor, table lamp, early 2000s. Rare piece. In production for a short time. Made in UK. Currently wired for UK plug. Can be positioned a...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Acrylic
Floor Lamp from the 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
The original floor lamp manufactured in Kamenicky Senov by Preciosa (Czech Rep.). The frame is made from brass and steel covered around with glass rods.
Powered with a 100cm long tube light...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Brown and large ceramic stoneware table or floor lamp designed by Accolay 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Accolay
French brown ceramic table lamp.
Elegant stoneware brown color.
Original perfect conditions.
Electric system is new and ok.
Sold without lamp shade.
Ceramic dimension :...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Carlo Nason Italian Large Modern Pair of Ruffled Silver Glass Bowls Lamps
By Carlo Nason
Located in New York, NY
These monumental illuminated bowls by Carlo Nason in blown Murano glass, rarer in this silver version are decorated with a rock appearance, the glass roughly ridged and corrugated. T...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Silver
Relco Milano Modernist Italian Murano Glass and Brass Floor Lamp, 1980s
By Relco Italia
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Modernist floor lamp, created by the famous Milanese company Relco. The lamp is in metal and copper, the two cones in blown Murano glass, the brass finishes. A dimmer regulates the i...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brass Swivel Floor Lamp by Casella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Long cylinder brass swivel floor lamp by Casella, 1980s manufactured in San Francisco. The fixture is in excellent vintage condition.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Tony Paul for Mutual Sunset "Bellini" Triple Trumpet Chrome Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tall Tony Paul, Bellini Collection, Chrome Uplight Torchiere Floor Lamp for Mutual-Sunset Lamp Co. 1970's. Featuring a three elongated hor...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Elegant Contemporary Brass Cantilever Floor Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary modern cantilever style floor lamp features simplistic yet elegant design, with a stylish bend making it an ideal reading lamp for any modernistic seating area. Bra...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Murano Glass and Chrome Floor Lamp by VeArt
By VeArt
Located in New York, NY
Murano glass and chrome floor lamp by VeArt.
Check out our other items listed separately (Kagan Crescent Sofa, Paint Brushes Sculpture and a David...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Tall Brass and Glass 1970s Uplighter Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A tall up lighter floor lamp, architectural in design with triangular base and top in brass, two glass panels with brass Rod support. Continental, 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modern Vintage Grey Floor Lamps Duna Mario Barbaglia Marco Colombo 1980s Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern grey pair of vintage floor lamps Duna designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo 1980s and executed by Italian Luce. Stamped
The shade is adjust...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modern Metal and Frosted Glass Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of modern metal floor lamps with frosted glass shades and round shelves. Measures: 50.5" height x 11.75" diameter.
In great vintage condition wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Acrylic Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acrylic floor lamp, USA, 1980.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Brass Plated Floor Lamp, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A substantial '70s Modern Postmodern period brass plated floor lamp, circa late-1970s, USA. On/Off switch at bottom with dimmer offering a wide range of light from low to bright. Sho...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Auras Italian Brass and "Incamiciato" Murano Glass Ground Lamp, 1989
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Floor lamp produced by the Murano masters Auras,
in white and transparent layered Murano glass, the structure is in brass with blue blown glass rings.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Polish Brass Torchiere Floor Lamps by Casella
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful pair of 1970s polish brass torchiere floor lamps by Casella.
The lamps have been newly rewired. The lamps have a full r...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Relco Milano 1980s Brass Torchiere
By Relco Italia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A gorgeous example of the glamour of 1980s Italian modern from Relco Milano. An elegant brass torchiere floor lamp with dimming factory Relco power pack, ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Pierluigi Cerri Fontana Arte Sara Floor Lamp Aluminum and Metal, Designed 1994
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Pierluigi Cerri for Gregotti Associati in 1994 and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Sara floor lamp is a family of table and floor lamps with frame in aluminum or chrome color painted metal and diffuser in white screen-printed polycarbonate. Sara was designed in 1994, marking the introduction of plastics into the FontanaArte collection.
The lamp is available in aluminum A...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Pair of Italian Modernist Three-Light Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian modernist three-light floor lamps.
Patinated brass with stylized ceramic leaf diffusers.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Gunmetal and Chrome Floor Lamp by Karl Springer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous 1970s gunmetal and chrome floor lamp by American renowned designer Karl Springer. The lamp has been newly rewired and has a new chocolate brown faux lizard shade.
Overal...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1979 Halogen Floor Lamp '' Veronica'', from Luci Italia
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Powerful halogen floor lamp designed by Gianfranco Frattini .
Extruded aluminium body powder coated in a black semi-gloss finish.
On/off switch on stem.
Take one regular 50 watts two pins halogen lightbulb.
Matching table lamp...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
20th Century Modern Koa Wood Floor Lamp
Located in Denton, TX
Handcrafted floor lamp turned Koa wood with new shade.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood
Modern Vintage Aluminum Floor Lamp Michel De Lucchi Giancarlo Fassina 1987 Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
This vintage floor lamp named Tolomeo terra floor lamp designed by Michel de Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina 1987, Italy and produced by Artemide, Pregnano Milanese Italy, shows a great i...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Umberto Riva "Franceschina" Floor Lamp for Fontana Arte, 1989
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful floor lamp by designed by Umberto Riva in 1989 for Fontana Arte in aluminum, bronze and Murano glass.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Black Metal Vintage Floor Lamps by Mario Barbaglia Marco Colombo, circa 1980
Located in Vienna, AT
Black metal vintage set of two halogen floor lamps named Dove, which was designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo, Italy 1980s and executed by Italian Luce...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modern Floor Lamp with Gilded Iron Base, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
This pair of modern floor lamps features beautiful handmade shades in floral design in an elegant purple / burgundy color. The gilded iron...
Category
1990s French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Memphis Style Floor Lamp Chicago Tribune Matteo Thun 1985 Bieffeplast Italy
By Matteo Thun
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern sculptural floor lamp model Chicago Tribune designed by Matteo Thun 1985 for Bieffeplast Padua, Italy.
The floor lamp consists of grey and silve...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Murano Glass Torchère Floor Lamp by Karl Springer for Seguso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous Murano scavo glass torchère floor lamp designed by Karl Springer in the 1980s for Seguso Italy.
The lamp is signed by Karl Springer. The lamp takes a regular Edison ligh...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Snow Floor Lamp Vico Magistretti by Oluce Italian Design 1970s Marble Perspex
Located in Brescia, IT
"Snow"
Vico Magistretti, by Oluce
1970s
Table lamp
Marble base, white perspex.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble
Vintage Neal Small Rare Sculptural Chrome, White Resin Base Floor Lamps Pair Of
Located in North Miami, FL
These sculptural pair of vintage Neal small chrome-plated vintage floor lamps rest on a white resin base. The slat on the top allows light to come through. It has a halogen bulb. It is an inverted L form. Unusual pair of lamps...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Italian Midcentury Alta Lite Adjustable Floor Lamp, 1970s
By Alta Lite
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Italian Alta Lite floor lamp, 1970s.
In 1975 Targetti started with the Altalite Campaign and that lasted till 1979. In that time they have worked with a few different designers...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Lacquered Burl Floor Lamp by Paul Michel, Belgium, 1980s
By Paul Michel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two-tone tall floor lamp by Paul Michel, crafted with birds eye maple veneer and cream lacquer. Michel's design philosophy is rooted in the art of minimalism, where every element ser...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Lacquer
'Tetrahedron' Table or Floor Lamp, Dutch Design, 1970s
By Martijn Wegman, Indoor
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This beautiful lamp is called the 'Tetrahedron'. A design by Frans van Nieuwenborg and Martijn Wegman for Indoor. The light consist out of three glass triangles held together by plas...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wire
Italian Adjustable Floor Lamp with Articulating Globe Shades, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A handsome and practical design, this chrome floor lamp has two adjustable shades which can offer, direct, indirect, or ambient light.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Verner Panton Adjustable Height, Rolling Panto Beam Floor Lamps
Located in Kansas City, MO
Exceptional pair of Verner Panton "Panto Beam" Floor lamps on casters manufactured by Innovation, Denmark, 1998. These lamps are adjustable from a minimum...
Category
1990s Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Brass and Lucite Torchere/ Standing Lamp
Located in New York City, NY
An elegant, streamline and minimalist brass and Lucite floor lamp bearing four thick winged /acrylic uprights surrounding a central brass pole that support a flanged brass shade.
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
George Kovacs, International Style, Chrome Floor Lamp with Five Sockets, 1970's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tall and Modern George Kovacs Five Socket Chrome Reading Floor Lamp. Small footprint. Featuring a Chromed Steel rectangular column with new ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Vittoriano Vigano ? Brass Halogen Torchier
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very simple strong design attributed ,Vittoriano Vigano Italy .this brass floor lamp .70s .
hight 165cm diameter 31cm .good condition
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Brass, Glass Tube Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Sleek modernist floor lamp featuring a hollow glass tube resting on an aged brass base and with double pull chain sockets. Rewired for use in USA.
Category
Late 20th Century American 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
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
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
Modernist Vintage White Metal Floor Lamp by Hartmut Engel, 1985
Located in Vienna, AT
This modernist white vintage floor lamp was designed by Hartmut Engel 1985 and executed by Zumtobel.
It consists of white enameled metal and plastic and shows a movable flap on the s...
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
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
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
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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