Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Belgian Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Pewter
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1920s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1910s Unknown Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s American Empire Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century American Georgian Floor Lamps
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Ormolu, Bronze
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 1900s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood, Lacquer
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Berlin Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
1910s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Floor Lamps
Metal, Ormolu
Early 20th Century American Victorian Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Wicker
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Canadian Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron, Brass
Early 1900s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
1910s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
1920s American Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century Gothic Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Czech Other Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Stone, Alabaster
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1920s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s Italian Post-Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Steel
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.