Floor Lamps
1930s European Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Birch
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Wrought Iron
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Linen, Wood
Early 17th Century American Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Rattan, Wood
1930s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1930s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel, Chrome
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron, Steel
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Nickel
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Slate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
18th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1930s German Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel
1930s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Onyx, Brass
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1790s French Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Chinoiserie Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Parchment Paper
1930s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-18th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Silk, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Giltwood
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.