Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Milk Glass, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Spelter
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Baroque Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Baroque Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Oak
Early 20th Century English Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Gothic Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Floor Lamps
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century American Empire Floor Lamps
Steel, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal, Spelter
Early 20th Century French Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Fabric, Giltwood, Velvet
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Gothic Revival Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Marble
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century Dutch Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s International Style Antique Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century British Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1860s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique 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.