Floor Lamps
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome, Brass
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Floor Lamps
Marble
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Nickel
Early 20th Century European Floor Lamps
Limestone, Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s European Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
1920s Finnish Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s English Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s Spanish French Provincial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Provincial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver Plate, Aluminum, Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
Early 1900s French Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XIII Floor Lamps
Oak, Walnut
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Austrian Country Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Cord, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Chrome
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
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.