Floor Lamps
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Floor Lamps
Silk, Wood
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Late 19th Century British Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Other
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Iron
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel, Zinc
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Hardwood
1850s Indian Antique Floor Lamps
Teak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century Rococo Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Pine
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood, Paint, Wood
1850s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Concrete, Brass, Metal
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Plaster, Giltwood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Walnut
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1930s European Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
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.