Floor Lamps
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
20th Century Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1850s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century French Napoleon III Floor Lamps
Metal
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Brass
1990s Italian Floor Lamps
Mahogany
1960s American Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1910s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Steel, Aluminum, Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Modern Floor Lamps
Paper, Canvas
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Early 1900s English Gothic Antique Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
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.