French Empire Floor Lamp
20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Empire Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage 1950s French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Iron
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Empire Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Copper, Ormolu, Bronze, Metal
1990s Floor Lamps
Marble
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble
Vintage 1950s French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass, Enamel
Vintage 1930s English Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique 1850s French Greek Revival Floor Lamps
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Antique 1890s American Empire Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Empire Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Polish Louis XV Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Torchères
Bronze, Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Napoleon III Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century French Magazine Racks and Stands
Brass
Vintage 1980s Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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Giltwood
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Canvas, Wood, Plywood
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Brass, Bronze
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Paper
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Bronze
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20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass, Bronze, Metallic Thread
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1970s French Modern Floor Lamps
Antique Late 19th Century Empire Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Bronze, Copper, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Empire Floor Lamps
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Empire Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique Early 1900s French Empire Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century European Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Empire Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Floor Lamps
Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Silver Plate, Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 2000s French Empire Floor Lamps
Metal
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
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Other
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Vintage 1940s French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Brass
20th Century French French Provincial Floor Lamps
Mahogany, Giltwood
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1960s American Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Metal
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Iron
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
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Foam
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Finding the Right floor-lamps for You
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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