Floor Lamps
1980s English Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1930s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
2010s American Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal, Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
Late 20th Century British Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1980s Spanish Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Korean Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron
1970s Swedish Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Stainless Steel
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1970s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Magnets
1930s German Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
1970s Russian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century English Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s British Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Floor Lamps
Onyx, Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Spanish Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
2010s American Industrial Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1920s Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1950s North American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Industrial Floor Lamps
Copper, Brass
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel
1970s Korean Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1960s French Louis XV Vintage Floor Lamps
Cut Glass
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.