Floor Lamps
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Copper
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s European Louis XVI Vintage Floor Lamps
Mahogany
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Late 20th Century European Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
1990s Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Crystal
1950s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Tin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1950s North American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century British Art Deco Floor Lamps
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Art Glass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Parchment Paper
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Gold Leaf
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Portuguese Art Deco 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.