Floor Lamps
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Pine
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Birch
Early 20th Century Italian Other Floor Lamps
Crystal, Alabaster, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Baroque Floor Lamps
Onyx, Metal
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Metal
1910s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Nickel
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Gothic Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1920s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Floor Lamps
Gesso, Softwood
1930s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s Czech Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Opaline Glass, Wood, Beech
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century British Victorian Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Early 20th Century European Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1930s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1930s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1930s Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s English Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Enamel, Zinc
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Iron
1930s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel
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.