Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Glass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Walnut
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
1980s North American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Lacquer
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Chrome
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.