Painted Floral Floor Lamp
20th Century French Country Floor Lamps
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Regency Floor Lamps
Iron
Vintage 1960s Danish Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Mirror
Vintage 1960s German Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
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Ceramic
20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
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Wood
Vintage 1930s English Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Lacquer
Vintage 1930s English Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Lacquer
Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Bronze
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Brass
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Wood
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Wood
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Metal, Enamel
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Metal, Brass
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Metal
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Metal
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Metal
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Metal, Tôle
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Metal, Brass
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Wood
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Wood, Mirror
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Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
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Silver Leaf
Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
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Metal
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Bronze
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Oak
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Wood
Vintage 1940s Italian Floor Lamps
1990s English Victorian Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
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Wrought Iron, Copper
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Brass
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Brass, Iron
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Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
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Iron
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Wood
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Plaster
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Floor Lamps
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Brass
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Brass
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Brass, Iron
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Iron
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Brass
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Brass
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Wood, Wax
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Metal
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Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
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Metal
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Brass
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Vintage 1940s Italian Floor Lamps
Antique 19th Century English Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
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Brass
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Bronze
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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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