A torchiere (tour-she-AIR or tour-SHARE), or torch lamp, is a lamp with a tall stand of wood or metal. Originally, torchieres were candelabra, usually with two or three lights. When it was first introduced in France towards the end of the 17th century the torchiere mounted one candle only, and when the number was doubled or tripled the improvement was regarded almost as a revolution in the lighting of large rooms.
Floor lamps are any of the various strategy used in the creation of light or now and again, heat. It may also be defined as a decorative appliance such as a maximum lamp that is usually covered by a shade. Floor Lamps can, today, be purchase in a large number of types and designs. Based on their propose, there are five general types of lamps. First among these are table lamps which are used to provide illumination at a table height. Candle chandeliers are still favorite by people who rather the graceful and watchful agreeable exterior of the dancing light they provide. Whether the setting is one of quiet isolation or one of pursuit on decks, patio grounds or gazebos, there is something special and exclusive about the kind of luminosity they supply.
Today, torchiere lamps use fluorescent or halogen light bulbs. Halogen torchieres usually have a TRIAC dimmer circuit built into the stem. The same circuit will not work in a fluorescent torchiere for the same reason that it won't work in other types of fluorescent applications: namely, because the pulsing will cause the arc in the fluorescent tube to become erratic. This is overcome by adjusting the pulse-width modulation in the electronic ballast instead; and most fluorescent torchieres use this method.
Halogen torchieres have been banned in some places, such as dormitories, because of the large numbers of fires they have caused. Halogen bulbs operate at high temperatures and the tall height of the lamps brings them near flammable materials, such as curtains.