Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Philippine Louis XVI Floor Lamps
Siena Marble, Composition, Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Floor Lamps
Pine
1860s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Floor Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
18th Century Italian Antique Floor Lamps
Wood
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Giltwood
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s French Empire Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
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.