Floor Lamps
1890s French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
1950s Italian Rococo Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
20th Century British Rococo Floor Lamps
Bronze, Iron
19th Century Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Paint
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Rococo Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Wood, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Early 2000s British Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Walnut, Birch, Maple
Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Late 20th Century Belgian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s South American Other Floor Lamps
Onyx
Early 20th Century Rococo Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Beech
Early 20th Century Rococo Floor Lamps
19th Century French Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Rococo Floor Lamps
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood, Paint
18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
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.