Floor Lamps
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel
2010s German Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Other Floor Lamps
Rattan
1980s German Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
2010s American Minimalist Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Travertine, Iron
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Steel, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s European Floor Lamps
Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Pine
1970s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Space Age Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
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.