Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Pine
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Adam Style Floor Lamps
Mahogany
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Pine
Early 1900s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Plastic
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Opaline Glass, Wood, Beech
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster
Early 1900s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Beech
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1920s Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Iron
Early 20th Century French Regency Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron, Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Mid-19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century British Victorian Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Paint
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Alabaster
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Marble
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-19th Century English Adam Style Antique Floor Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
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.