1970s Adjustable White Marble Floor Lamp by Gruppo ARDITI for Sormani, Italy
By Gruppo Arditi and Gianni Gamberini, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Only a few pieces of the vertical "Ponte" floor lamp were manufactured, both in black and white marble, with vertical steel supports and the usual lexan adjustable sphere with a 50W-...
Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Peter Hamburger for Knoll Crylicord Floor Lamp
By Peter Hamburger, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
A floor lamp by designer Peter Hamburger, produced, circa 1970s for the Crylicord series from Knoll, with curved stem in Lucite, cylindrical shade and base in polished chrome.
Chrome
Pair Of Adjustable "IUWV" Floor Lamps by Cedric Hartman
By Cedric Hartman
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of iconic and highly versatile floor lamp by Cedric Hartman: adjustable "IUWV" Low Profile Floor Luminaire Lamps. chrome finish with Lucite switch knobs.
Chrome
$13,950 / item
Charles Hollis Jones "O Ear-Ring" Floor Lamps
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The lamps are made out of nickel and Lucite but they can also be offered in chrome or brass.
Nickel
A Large Lucite SPACE-AGE Ceiling Fixture LAMP by GUZZINI, Italy 1960
By D. H. Guzzini
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular "Raise & Lower" pendant light, Post-Modernist, Memphis, Space-Age, with 4 arms of chrome metal lights suspended around a central axis with handle loop, all under a ...
Metal
$2,520 / set
Pair Of 55" Arteluce Memphis Style Floor Lamps
By Arteluce
Located in Pasadena, TX
The chrome bars are attached to V cut dark blue lucite.
Aluminum
Rare Industrial OMI "Eyeshade" Floor Lamp, George Nelson, Koch & Lowy, USA, 1960
By George Nelson
Located in Deland, FL
Koch & Lowy was a prominent American lighting company, founded by Ernest Lowy in 1946, celebrated for its innovative Mid-Century Modern and contemporary designs in chrome, brass, and...
Steel
Rare OMI "Eyeshade" Adjustable Floor Lamp, George Nelson, Koch & Lowy, USA, 1960
By George Nelson
Located in Deland, FL
Koch & Lowy was a prominent American lighting company, founded by Ernest Lowy in 1946, celebrated for its innovative Mid-Century Modern and contemporary designs in chrome, brass,...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Reading and Torchiere Lamp Style of Kurt Versen
By Kurt Versen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular floor lamp with great versatility attributed to Kurt Versen. Works as a reading lamp when the lamp shade is directed downward and as a Torchiere when tilted upward. Very ...
Steel, Chrome
Pair of OMI "Eyeshade" Floor Lamps, George Nelson for Koch & Lowy, USA, c. 1960s
By George Nelson
Located in Deland, FL
Koch & Lowy was a prominent American lighting company, founded by Ernest Lowy in 1946, celebrated for its innovative Mid-Century Modern and contemporary designs in chrome, brass, and...
Steel
Ennio Chiggio "CIOT" floor lampm for Lumenform, Italy, 1970s
By Ennio Chiggio
Located in Padova, IT
Rare space age "CIOT" floor lamp designed by Italian designer Ennio Chiggio (1938-2020) for Lumenform.
Steel
Mid Century Modern Large Chrome Smoked Lucite Ribbon Shade Table Floor Lamp
By Laurel, Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Large Chrome Smoked Lucite Ribbon Shade Three Globe Style Lights Table Floor Lamp
Chrome
Romeo Rega Table Lamp in Chrome and Lucite Faux Marble Lucite, Italy 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Each side of this lamp is decorated with a lucite tile that reproduces precious marbles or onyx set in a rectangular chromed frame.
Brass, Chrome
Beni Cuccuru Table Lamp Sfera, Chrome Lucite for Valenti, circa 1970
By Studio Tetrarch, Valenti
Located in Vienna, AT
Beni Cuccuru Sfera, large chrome and lucite table of floor light for Valenti, circa 1970 Rare Tetrarch design studio table light, chrome and lucite for Valenti, circa 1970 Italy. ...
Metal, Chrome
Stainless Steel Table Lamp by Edera Radici for Sagim – Italy, 1970
By Edera Radici, Sagim, Italy
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive sculptural ‘Avant Garde” table lamp in very good condition. Designed by Edera Radici in the 1970s Produced by Sagim, Italy The lamp is made of curved sheets of polished...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
$5,850
Acrylic "King Sun" Light
By Gae Aulenti, New Lamp, Giovanni Bassi
Located in Dronten, NL
An exceptional and sculptural table or floor lamp, made in Italy circa 1968, distinguished by its bold use of red Lucite and a luminous Murano glass sphere. Produced in a very limite...
Chrome
Florian Schulz Double pull pendant lamp with counterweight model Posa
Located in New York, NY
Based in Germany, Schulz developed a distinct aesthetic that balanced modernist clarity with a sense of warmth and luxury, often working in solid brass, chrome, and occasionally inco...
Brass
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.
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