Floor Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s French Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Romantic Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1990s Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Wrought Iron
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1850s French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1890s American Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Aluminum, Gold, Brass
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Rococo Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
2010s French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Zinc, Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Enamel, Bronze, Metal, Brass
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Copper
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Gilt Metal
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Bronze
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.