Floor Lamps
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Oak
1910s North American Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
1910s French Provincial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Iron
1910s Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1910s American Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1910s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1910s Italian Romantic Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron, Sheet Metal
1910s Canadian Vintage Floor Lamps
Pine
1910s Unknown Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1910s French Directoire Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1910s Austrian Biedermeier Vintage Floor Lamps
Lacquer, Walnut
1910s Belgian Baroque Revival Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Silk, Pine
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
Mid-20th Century Belgian Floor Lamps
Fabric
1940s Swedish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s European Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1910s French Chippendale Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1910s American Beaux Arts Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1910s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Iron
1910s Adam Style Vintage Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1910s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1910s Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1910s English Victorian Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1910s French Edwardian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau 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.