Floor Lamps
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1860s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Paint
1850s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century Louis Philippe Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s German Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1890s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century English Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century British Georgian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1880s English High Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century European Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1890s Italian Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
1890s French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century British Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1890s British Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 1800s Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1880s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1890s English Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Stained Glass, Walnut
19th Century English Other Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Burlap
1880s Japanese Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century American Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Copper, Ormolu, Bronze, Metal
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Mahogany
Late 19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1880s British High Victorian Antique Floor Lamps
Elm, Satinwood
19th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
19th Century Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Wrought Iron
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.