Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century British Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century North American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Stained Glass
20th Century British Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Austrian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
2010s Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
20th Century Floor Lamps
Glass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Romanian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Enamel, Chrome
1970s Austrian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Floor Lamps
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.