Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Mirror, Wood
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s English Chinoiserie Vintage Floor Lamps
Lacquer
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Belgian Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Pewter
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1930s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
1920s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Metal, Sheet Metal, Wrought Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze, Iron
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1910s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stoneware
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Danish Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Opaline Glass, Wood, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Silk, Pine
Early 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Cord, Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Silver Plate, Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
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.