Floor Lamps
1650s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Gothic Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1670s Danish Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Poplar
17th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Walnut, Linen
Early 17th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
1780s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Early 18th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1780s Italian Space Age Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1750s Antique Floor Lamps
Nutwood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-17th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
1790s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Pine
Mid-18th Century Sicilian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Fruitwood
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1650s Dutch Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1660s Italian Space Age Antique Floor Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1660s Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Giltwood
Early 17th Century American Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
18th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
1790s French Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
Mid-18th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Silk, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Giltwood
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood, Wood
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
16th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Berlin Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Silk, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
18th Century Spanish Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 18th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Late 18th Century English Adam Style Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
16th Century German Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 17th Century American Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood, Wood
1770s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
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.