Floor Lamps
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century American Baroque Floor Lamps
Onyx, Metal
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1990s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps
Stone
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s South African Floor Lamps
Horn, Cowhide
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Brass
1970s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1660s Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Steel
1990s French Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Space Age Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1870s American Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Wicker
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s South African Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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.