Floor Lamps
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s German Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Gold Leaf
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Floor Lamps
Cotton, Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Rattan, Glass, Bamboo
1950s American Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Bentwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Wire
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
20th Century English Regency Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Austrian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Other
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern 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.