Floor Lamps
20th Century German Baroque Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
20th Century French Baroque Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Baroque Floor Lamps
Wood
20th Century Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Walnut
Early 2000s American Baroque Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
1950s Spanish Gothic Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
1890s Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Iron
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Spanish Baroque Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps
Iron
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Gothic Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Baroque Floor Lamps
Onyx, Metal
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century European Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Fabric, Wood
19th Century European Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1950s Italian Baroque Vintage Floor Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Leaf, Bronze, Gold Plate
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Leaf, Bronze, Gold Plate
Late 19th Century Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Oak
Early 20th Century American Gothic Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf, Gold, Gold Plate
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
1940s French Gothic Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Baroque Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
19th Century American Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Sheet Metal
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century European Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood, Wood
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s European Baroque Vintage Floor Lamps
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.