Floor Lamps
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wire
2010s American Floor Lamps
Bronze, Silver Leaf
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass
1880s French Antique Floor Lamps
Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Bronze
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bentwood
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Enamel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Antique, New and Vintage Floor Lamps
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.