Floor Lamps
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Beech
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Ormolu
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1940s European Bohemian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1940s Spanish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Ceramic
1940s Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1940s Chinese Vintage Floor Lamps
Early 1900s European Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 1900s European Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Beech
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Oak
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Beech
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Cotton, Pine
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Onyx, Metal, Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern 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.