Floor Lamps
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass, Enamel
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s English Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1860s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1850s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s German Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1890s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century English Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s European Bohemian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
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.