Floor Lamps
1920s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s British Tudor Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Walnut
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Paint
Early 1900s French Provincial Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1920s Chinoiserie Vintage Floor Lamps
Teak
Early 20th Century Art Deco Floor Lamps
Walnut
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Steel, Iron
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze, Iron
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal, Wrought Iron
1910s Canadian Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Rustic Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Floor Lamps
Paint
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s Czech Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Siena Marble, Brass, Bronze
1920s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century European Baroque Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century British Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Craftsman Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century European Floor Lamps
Limestone, Brass
1920s American Edwardian Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Onyx
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Chinoiserie Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1920s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American High Victorian Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s English Vintage 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.