Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century French Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Fabric, Giltwood, Velvet
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Art Deco Floor Lamps
Copper
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Oak
Early 20th Century American Victorian Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Wood
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Velvet, Birch
1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s International Style Antique Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Crystal, Wrought Iron
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Dutch Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century American Empire Floor Lamps
Steel, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Wicker
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century British Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century Brutalist Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
1920s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century American Victorian Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Other Floor Lamps
Walnut, Paint
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique 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.