Floor Lamps
1860s French Greek Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Textile, Wood, Oak, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Deco Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Other Floor Lamps
Walnut, Paint
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Czech Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1850s Indian Antique Floor Lamps
Teak
Early 20th Century European Floor Lamps
Limestone, Brass
1920s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-19th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish French Provincial Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Rustic Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Floor Lamps
Marble
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Czech Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1910s Louis Philippe Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
Mid-19th Century European Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Plaster
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Rosewood, Paper
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Regency Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1920s Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1920s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Wood, Giltwood
1850s French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1920s Italian Futurist Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
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.