Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Teak
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Leather
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
Early 20th Century Belgian Baroque Revival Floor Lamps
Pewter
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron, Sheet Metal, Steel
1920s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Marble
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Early 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1910s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 1900s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Silver Plate, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron, 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.