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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Israeli Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric, Plastic, Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stone, Aluminum
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s British Modern Floor Lamps
Nylon
2010s Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Clay
20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Enamel
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Chrome
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
2010s Unknown Modern Floor Lamps
Bentwood, Ash
2010s Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Paper
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Gold
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Bubinga, Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Nickel
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
A brass and resin floor lamp, designed and produced in Italy, c. 1940s.
Overall Dimensions: 73" H x 23" Diame...
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Indian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Nickel
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal