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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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: 20th Century
Sculptural Floor Lamp with Murano Glass Shade, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp in polished chrome with artisan hand-blown glass shade, Murano, Italy, 1970's.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Modern 1970s Spiral Table or Floor Lamp Attributed to Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Lisse, NL
Vintage chrome metal table lamp with a barley twist.
This rare and practical spiral table lamp is in excellent condition. Because of the smart design it can be used in many ways wit...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Nobi Floor Lamp by Fontana Arte, 1990s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Chicago, IL
Nobi floor lamp by Fontana Arte. Chrome with glass shade, circa 1990.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Floor Lamp Eggshell Shade, 1980s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very unusual floor lamp. from thick to thin chrome upright yellow glass feet and a lighter yellow color shade the large Murano shade is shaped like a eggs...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
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
Modernist Brass and Etched Glass Cylinder Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Special piece. The top aspect of the cylinder form is an operable shade that moves up and down to modulate light by covering the etched diffuser. The base is patinated steel. The bod...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Brass, Aluminum
Rare Fontana Arte Flute Magnum Floor Standing Glass and Chrome Lamp
By Fontana Arte
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original RRP £4500 Fontana Arte Magnum uplighter lamps in glass and chrome
These lamps are exceptionally stylish, pure han...
Category
20th Century English Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
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, Reflector, circa 1980
Located in Praha, CZ
Floor lamp, reflector, circa 1980. Measures: Height 140 to 222cm (with folded shade), floor plan: 45 x 50cm, shade diameter: 25cm. Fully functional and perfectly cleaned. New cabling...
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
1970s Italian Standing Lightbox
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Unique rectangular white perspex lamp mounted atop an Italian walnut pedestal secured by a stainless steel base. Created in Italy, circa 1970, this piece ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tall floor lamp, white and blue metal, by Bruno Gatta, 1960
By Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Berlin, DE
Eccentric floor lamp by Bruno Gatta, made of metal, lacquered in blue and white, blue reflector and white round opaline glass. Labeled Stilnovo.
Two pieces available, price is for one.
Bruno Gatta (1904) was born in to a family of Industrial designers, and founded Stilnovo s.l.r. together with his brother Paolo in 1949. The company significantly defined the Italian light design...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Floor Lamp from the 1960s in Wrought Iron and Leather
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Floor lamp from the 1960s in wrought iron and leather, the bottom formed as a horse shoe.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
'Tetrahedron' Table or Floor Lamp, Dutch Design, 1970s
By Indoor, Martijn Wegman
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
1980s Gianfranco Frattini 'Adonis' Tall Halogen Floor Lamp, Italy
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Tall halogen floor lamp with adjustable pierced metal grill inside glass shade to dampen light output sideways.
Very accurate original foot dimmer to f...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Toshiyuki Kita Floor Lamp 'Terra' for Luci Italia, 1980s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Floor standing halogen spotlight 'Terra' designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Luci Italia. The slim lamp post rotates on the base and the two joints near the top hinge vertically, 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Adjustable Floor Lamp, Brass, Aluminum by Giuseppe Ostuni / O-Luce, 1955
Located in Berlin, DE
Two colored floor lamp with adjustable poles and reflectors, made of brass, lacquered aluminum and a marble foot. Original lacquering and light swi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Brass Torchier Floor Lamp by Prearo
By Prearo Luce
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large Italian polish brass torchier floor lamp, design by Prearo in the 1980s.
It takes a 300w halogen bulb and it has a full range in line dimmer.
Marked Prearo and made in Italy ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Verdigris Standing Lamps by Stewart Ross James for Hansen
Located in New York, NY
A pair of standing lamps by Stewart Ross James for Hansen, featuring a verdigris patina on heavy bronze. Solid wood base.
Can be purchased in...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Petite Floor Lamp by Jakobsson
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A rare Petit Swedish floor lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson
A cone shaped base holds a brass stem ending with a ring finial. Labeled under the base.
Shade included.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Willy Rizzo Italian Floor Lamp with Brass and Tortoise Shell Enamel, 1960
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Chicago, IL
Willy Rizzo for Lumica Italian floor lamp with brass and tortoiseshell enamel, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Murano Glass Floor Lamp by Alfredo Barbini
Located in Milan, Italy
Murano glass floor lamp designed and produced by Alfredo Barbini in 1980.
Signed and with original labels.
Biography
Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) one of the greatest Murano glass...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
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
French Glass Floor Lamp from the 1940s
Located in Houston, TX
This interesting floor lamp is made of glass with a painted iron base. It is elegant and tall. It has been wired in the US and is in quite nice condition. It is difficult to choose a...
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Wrought Iron Lamp, 1940s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wrought iron lamp, 1940s.
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron
Fontana Arte Modernist Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp designed by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte.
Brass and glass.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
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
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
Neal Small Sculptural Floor Lamps Rare Pair of Vintage
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
1980s Tall Halogen Floor Lamp with Hairpin Leg, Italy
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Minimalist modern tall halogen uplighter with depolished glass shade sitting on very long articulated hairpin leg.
Leg spread apart from 12 in. t...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
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
Gruppe B.R.A.N.D. & Woka Art Collaboration 1989 Floor Lamp, Original
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A floor lamp lighting sculpture, designed by Boris Brochard and Rudolf Weber as "Gruppe B.R.A.N.D." for the Woka Lamps Art collection in 1989. Swivelling brass stems covered with shr...
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
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
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
Pair of Chrome and Glass Adjustable Floor Lamps by Casella
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of glamorous chrome and glass adjustable floor lamps designed by Casella in the 1970s.
The lamps have been professionally restored.
The socket is a full range control dimme...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Floor Brass and Alabaster Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A modernist floor lamp.
Patinated brass tubular rods on a marble base with an alabaster shade.
Size: Height 72, shade diameter 15½ inches.
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Brass
Elegant Floor Lamp in Gunmetal with Brass Accents, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Elegant floor lamp in gunmetal with polished brass accents and ball feet, American, 1980s. This lamp is beautifully made. It has been rewired with new sockets. Height is adjustable.
...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Italian Art Glass Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An Italian art glass segmented floor lamp.
Art glass, patinated brass, marble base.
Measures: H 69½, base D 14 shade, D 20 inches.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Jacques Duval-Brasseur Brass, Agate Butterfly Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French modernist floor lamp composed of hand welded, gilt washed brass patchwork pieced trunk and limbs with a single butterfly with large agate geode...
Category
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Agate, Brass
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
Modernist Display Easel with Light
Located in New York, NY
A modernist stylized bamboo easel with a light.
Nickeled metal.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Nickel
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
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
Neal Small for Koch & Lowy Aluminum and Steel Skyscraper Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Neal Small for Koch & Lowy polished aluminum periscope, tower floor lamp. In sculpted reflective aluminum, with white enamel interior atop a balanced, heavy, square, black enameled s...
Category
20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Floor Lamp by Poliarte
By Poliarte
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp with raw crystal and base in satin stainless steel.
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Category
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair, Rare, Important French Early Modern GRAS Floor Lamps, Model # 215
By Lampe Gras
Located in New York, NY
Two important 20th century French standing lamps, Industrial design from the 1920-1930 period, rare Gras standing lamps, model # 215 from the first series with the base and column (t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
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
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
Pair of Pacific Heights Floor Lamps Boyd Lighting Barbara Barry
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of RRP £8,800 Boyd Lighting Pacific heights floor lamps designed by Barbara Barry
An absolutely sublime...
Category
20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
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
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
Brass and Walnut Floor Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
A handsome vintage brass columnar floor lamp sitting on a square walnut base with a gold lined black paper shade.
Lamp dimensions: 68” H x 12.75” W x 12.75” D
Shade dimensions: 1...
Category
1960s Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Acrylic Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acrylic floor lamp, USA, 1980.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage, Midcentury Design Double Light / Spotlight Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and practical floor lamp.
This quality made floor lamp of chrome and metal could be your perfect lighting solution. This timeless, midcentury design can be used for all kind...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
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
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
"Adone" Standing Light by CP & CR Associati for Artemide
By Artemide
Located in New York, NY
An adjustable metal standing lamp with stone base and original dimmer.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stone, Metal
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
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 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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