Floor Lamps
1920s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Mid-19th Century English Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Adam Style Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Country Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Rustic Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 1900s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish French Provincial Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Siena Marble, Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Iron
Mid-19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Mid-19th Century Minimalist Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Iron
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Iron, Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century European Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Floor Lamps
Paint
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century British Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century Art Deco Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps
Onyx
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1920s American American Empire Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century European Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Bronze
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1920s French Provincial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass, 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.