Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Floor Lamps
Concrete
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
1970s Belgian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Belgian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s German Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Copper
1950s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1960s English Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Copper
1960s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1990s Japanese Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel, Stainless Steel
20th Century Dutch Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
20th Century Dutch Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
20th Century Dutch Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
1960s Dutch Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Wire
1980s Ecuadorean Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
20th Century European Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Copper
1930s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s European Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s Dutch Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1960s European Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1940s American Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Wood
1980s Philippine Art Nouveau Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps
Silver Plate
1940s French Industrial Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Floor Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century Industrial 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.