Floor Lamps
1920s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s French Antique Floor Lamps
Iron, Bronze, Copper
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Opal, Nickel
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Gothic Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Gothic Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Early 1900s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Giltwood
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
Early 20th Century Italian Empire Floor Lamps
Onyx, Brass
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Empire Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century English Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s English Vintage Floor Lamps
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century German Regency Revival Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s Japanese Meiji Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Stone
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1910s North American Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Oak, Wicker
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Onyx, Brass
1920s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Baroque Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1860s English Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Belgian Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
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.