Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Philippine Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Oak
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1930s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster, Iron
1920s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Walnut
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Alabaster
2010s Scottish Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Marble
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1990s French Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s Pakistani Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Acrylic, Ash, Paint, Bentwood
1930s European Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Metal
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Silk, Wood
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s German Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau 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.