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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Cut Steel
Mid-20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s Italian Antique Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal, Iron
1950s French Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal, Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s European Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
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
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Brass, Copper
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1990s French Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Coral, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
2010s Swiss Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome, Metal
2010s Swiss Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Swiss Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Swiss Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Sapele Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s New Zealand Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s North American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Concrete, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Floor Lamps
Ash
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
2010s Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Concrete, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass