Floor Lamps
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Floor Lamps
Resin
1970s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
1930s British Late Victorian Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Oak
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Porcelain, Stoneware, Linen
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Floor Lamps
Limestone, Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Stoneware, Porcelain, Linen
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Spanish Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s Floor Lamps
Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Composition
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel, Aluminum
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Floor Lamps
Acrylic
1950s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Travertine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Rope, Resin
1990s French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Rustic Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
1970s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Plastic, Beech
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Opal
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.