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Victorian Style Floor Lamps

For those seeking to add flair or a splash of color to their home lighting decor, Victorian style floor lamps offer a distinctive touch that can be customized to match your existing decor. These tall lamps offer lighting that enhances reading nooks, offices, and other areas of your home. Most Victorian reading or pedestal lamps feature colorful stained glass in intricate patterns such as dragonflies, butterflies, and mosaics, all of which create a diffusion of colorful light.

Floor lamps, also known as reading lamps, feature three main parts: a wide base, often circular; a stand, which often resembles a tall candlestick; and a shade. Victorian floor lamps that follow this design generally range in height from 60 inches to 70 inches and feature lampshades in different patterns. Many of these lampshades may be ornate, featuring fringe, tassels, and beading as well.

Another Victorian floor lamp design is the pedestal lamp. These are shorter, generally 30 inches tall, and they are shaped like columns, with a metal base and top, and column of stained glass around the lighting fixture. Many of these pedestal lamps are equipped with foot stepper switches.

Victorian floor lamps feature many distinctions in style, including:

• Ornate metal work. The base and stand are often cast in metal with antique bronze or rubbed bronze finishes and feature scrollwork and details.
• Stained-glass shades. In the spirit of Tiffany-stained glass, Victorian-style floor lamps feature shades that can be genuine-stained glass or can be made from plastic materials that imitate the look of stained glass. These shades vary widely in color and design. When the lamp is turned on, the light diffuses through the colorful shade in different hues and patterns, creating a unique lighting effect.

While Victorian lamps share the common feature of stained-glass lampshades, they can be of different shapes. The two most common shade sizes and shapes are:

• Bell or Empire. Lampshades in this shape configuration are rounded at the top and open at the bottom, allowing light to cast in a downward fashion. These lampshades are often used in reading corners or areas where light is needed in the lower half of the room.
• Torchiere. Lampshades in this shape are rounded at the bottom and open at the top, allowing light to cast in an upward pattern. These lampshades are often used in areas where light is dispersed toward the upper half of a room.