Regency Benches
REGENCY STYLE
Like France’s Empire style, Regency-style furniture was rooted in neoclassicism; the characteristics of its bedroom furniture, armchairs, dining room tables and other items include clean lines, angular shapes and elegant details.
Dating roughly from the 1790s to 1830s, antique Regency-style furniture gets its name from Prince George of Wales — formally King George IV — who became Prince Regent in 1811 after his father, George III, was declared unfit to rule. England’s Regency style is one of the styles represented in Georgian furniture.
George IV’s arts patronage significantly influenced the development of the Regency style, such as the architectural projects under John Nash, which included the renovation of Buckingham House into the formidable Buckingham Palace with a grand neoclassical facade. Celebrated designers of the period include Thomas Sheraton, Henry Holland and Thomas Hope. Like Nash, Hope instilled his work with classical influences, such as saber-legged chairs based on the ancient Greek klismos. He is credited with introducing the term “interior decoration” to English with the 1807 publishing of Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.
Although more subdued than previous styles like Rococo and Baroque, Regency interiors incorporated copious use of chintz fabrics and wallpaper adorned in chinoiserie-style art. Its furniture featured fine materials and luxurious embellishments. Furniture maker George Bullock, for instance, regularly used detailed wood marquetry and metal ornaments on his pieces.
Archaeological discoveries in Egypt and Greece informed Regency-era details, such as carved scrollwork, sphinxes and palmettes, as well as the shape of furniture. A Roman marble cinerary chest, for example, would be reinterpreted into a wooden cabinet. The Napoleonic Wars also inspired furniture, with martial designs like tented beds and camp-style chairs becoming popular. While the reddish-brown mahogany was prominent in this range of pieces, imported woods like zebrawood and ebony were increasingly in demand.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Regency
Period: 19th Century
Pair of Iron Garden Benches England, 19th Century European White
Located in Epfach, DE
Pair of iron garden benches England, 19th century European white
Pair of English strap iron garden seats, white painted, benches are very decorative and comfortable.
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1890s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
Antique English Tatham and Marsh Mahogany Hall Bench Circa 1810
Located in Sherborne, GB
A rare and exceptional English Regency mahogany hall bench in the manner of Tatham & Marsh. This bench is a fine example of English furniture of this period with its classic Roman ar...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Fine English Regency Antique Mahogany Curule Curved Chair Bench c. 1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE REGENCY CARVED MAHOGANY CURULE BENCH
England, circa 1815
Item # 403PHK02S
Inspired by Greek antiquity, the present example is a very finely made "curule" bench of the Regency p...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid 19th C English Upholstered Mahogany Window Seat with Reeded Detail
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this Regency style window seat or bench dates from the mid 1800s. Bench is mahogany with turned legs and decorative carved details including fans, rosettes and reed...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19thC English Regency Caned Recamier Style Window Seat with Reeded legs Mahogany
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous style with an unusual form in cane and mahogany. Fantastic design with a splayed arm on one end and a rolled arm in cane on the other end. All hand woven and just done so it...
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1860s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
19th C. Regency Metamorphic Library Steps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully hand crafted Olive leather tufted Bench with a Mahogany frame. The Top tilts up revealing a set of 5 Library Stairs. The stairs lock into place and a lower pull out s...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Regency Ebonized Bench
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular upholstered seat. [used fabric]. With splayed legs and curved stretchers.
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Fruitwood
Regency Mahogany Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Wonderful elegant form with a rectangular shape seat and curved back with scrolled reeded arms. Loose cushion seat raised on saber legs with cup casters. Great color and patina. A gr...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Regency Painted Recamier
Located in Essex, MA
Putty color with orange, gold and yellow stringing with floral and leaf details. Typical form raised on saber legs with casters. From the Krebhiel collection.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
A Regency Mahogany Window Seat with Linen Upholstery
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1820
A fine Regency mahogany window seat with scrolling arms with ormolu paterae mounts, supported on four sabre legs. Upholstered in pale yellow linen.
Height 69.00...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Linen, Mahogany
A late Regency rosewood window seat, in the manner of George Oakley
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood window seat, in the manner of George Oakley, of rectangular form, with vase-shaped, upholstered arms, reeded seat rails and tapering gadrooned legs with the o...
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1820s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Faux Rosewood Recamier
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form with upholstery in usable condition. Scroll back and raised on circular tapered legs with casters.
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Beech
Early 19th Century Bird’S-Eye Maple Sabre Leg Caned Bench
Located in Southampton, NJ
Scarcely seen figured bird’s-eye Maple Sabre leg early 19th century bench c. 1820-1840. Fully hand detailed with solid reinforced joinery, features include substantial French caned s...
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Early 19th Century Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Cane, Birdseye Maple
English Regency Bench with Saber Legs and Custom Linen Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency bench from the 19th century with four saber legs and new custom linen upholstery with brass nailhead trim. Steeped in history and refined sophistication, this English Regency bench from the 19th century makes a stylish statement of British elegance and timeless design. With its unique features and rich pedigree, this Regency bench will a make for a versatile addition to any room.
The new custom linen upholstery, is designed with respect for the original style. Complemented by brass nailhead trim, the upholstery echoes the classic themes of the Regency era, adding a touch of luxury and refinement to the piece.
Standing tall on four saber legs, the bench radiates an aura of strength and durability. These gracefully curved legs, traditional to Regency furniture, combine robustness and elegance, ensuring the bench is as sturdy as it is visually pleasing.
Captivating in its simplicity, the bench evokes the grandeur of early 19th-century British style. Its blend of practicality and sophistication makes it ideal for an array of interior styles, from traditional to transitional.
With its refined aesthetic, new linen upholstery, and brass nailhead accents, it's a perfect example of how classic design meets modern comfort. Enjoy the timeless charm of Regency era furniture...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Regency Oak Hall Bench
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular seat with scrolled ends with circular ring decoration. The center of the seat rail with same radiating circle. Finished the same on both sides. Raised on saber leg...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Oak
Regency Style Mahogany Bench
Located in Essex, MA
A great form with a seat that needs new upholstery. Very sturdy and fine quality. Finished on both sides. In the Regency style.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Neoclassical Italian Regency Period Curule Leg Bench
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime 19th century Italian regency bench featuring three pairs of x-form curule legs ending with gilt lions paw feet. Crafted in the neoclassic...
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19th Century Italian Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Regency Style Ebonized and Gilded Wood Scroll-Arm Zebra Striped Cowhide Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
Regency style ebonized and gilded wood scroll-arm zebra striped Brazilian cowhide bench.
Beautiful 19th century regency style ebonized bowed leg, scroll-arm vanity bench, newly up...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Cowhide, Wood
Pair of Regency Style Benches
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of Regency style benches, the cane seat over molded rails, the reeded legs with palmette carved corners, the whole of good design and proportion. Ready as is or with your c...
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1880s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Cane, Beech
Pair of 19th Century Italian Regence Style Giltwood Benches
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Italian Regence style giltwood benches.
These unusual three legged round Italian gilt wood benches, ottomans, poufs, or stools have graceful lines and are a vers...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Giltwood
Regency Large Mahogany Hall Bench, in the Manner of Tatham and Marsh
Located in Sherborne, GB
Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, in the manner of Tatham and Marsh, this Regency hall bench/window seat is one of the best examples of English fu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Gillows Bench
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine regency design Grand Tour inspired mahogany bench/hall seat of elegant proportions. Almost certainly designed by renowned Charles Heathcote Tatham.
Bespoke sizing, design a...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Mahogany Curule Form Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Each with bowed cross banded seats with carved bosses on the four outside corners and at end of stretchers , curule form legs with cylindrical stretcher.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
French Regency Mahogany Upholstered Bench with Original Brass Casters Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Regency mahogany upholstered bench with serpentine skirt, foliage carved knee, and terminating on the original brass casters. Bench is covered in white muslin with horse hair ...
Category
1810s French Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with needlepoint seat, raised on bamboo turned legs. Estate of Martin Feldstein.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of William IV Green and Gilt X-Form Benches
Located in New York, NY
Each rectangular seat with outscrolled ends upholstered in green silk velvet; raised on bronzed and gilt lotus leaf-wrapped X-form supports joined by a turned boss and terminating in...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Mahogany Regency Period Canned Bench
Located in Montreal, QC
Mahogany Regency period canned bench resting on casters.
Provenance: estate of Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski.
This was purchased recently and will be pol...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Curule Form Window Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Regency Curule form window bench with carved acanthus wrapped supports and stenciling.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
English 1820s Regency Period Wooden Bench with Saber Legs and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period wooden bench from the early 19th century, with new upholstery, brass nailheads and saber legs. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th centu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
English 1820s Regency Period Black Bench with Painted Foliage and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period small black bench from the early 19th century, with painted foliage, column legs and new upholstery. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th century, this Regency bench features a rectangular seat with bow front, newly reupholstered with a neutral toned linen fabric. The apron is adorned with painted golden foliage while the ensemble is resting on six column-shaped legs. With its Regency lines and black patina, this English painted bench...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Metamorphic Bench
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular padded seat covered in brown leather, opening to reveal a set of library steps, over a solid inlaid seat-rail and ring-turned tapering legs ending in castors.
18in. high, 34 1/2in. wide and 16 1/2in. deep. Opened, 36in. high and 49in. wide.
Rooms organized during the Regency period as libraries often had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The upper shelves were difficult to reach, so movable library stairs were invaluable. Further, libraries were one of the most important rooms in a stately house, symbol of its owner's wealth, culture and status. As a consequence, designers, architects and cabinet or chair makers devoted much attention to its architecture and decoration. Hence, the emrgence of innovative ideas such as our bench.
Enter the Regency era metamorphic library chair/bench (chairs are more common than benches)!
The tables, chairs and stools containing library steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but this innovative chair-based design did not become immediately popular. Once the Regency was established, a neo-classical interpretation of Campbell’s Metamorphic Library Chair concept started to become popular in London. Any early attributions rely heavily on two contemporary sketches...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Superb 19th Century English Regency Tufted Velvet Bench
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A true find for it's superb shape and style, an English Regency tufted bench with original horsehair stuffing, having a soft neutral tobacco taupey velvet upholstery, brass nailheads...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Velvet
Late Regency Mahogany Hall Bench
By Sir John Soane
Located in London, GB
In the Soanian taste, with carved and scrolling back with widely drawn fluted legs on bun feet.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Caribbean Regency Mahogany Carved Foliage Leather Sofa on Brass Casters, C. 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
Caribbean Regency mahogany leather sofa with a central serpentine and scrolled fluted back, central floral shell with flanking scrolled medallions, f...
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1810s Caribbean Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Fine and Rare Pair of Regency Mahogany Benches, Early 19th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine and rare pair of Regency mahogany benches.
Early 19th Century
The scrolled ends with cushion-moulded rails with a central design, above saber legs ending with scrolled tip...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
English Regency Painted and Stenciled Floral Settee, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency painted and stenciled settee with bell flower floral swags, cane seat, upholstered silk cushion, and original brass casters. Early 19t...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
A Rare Regency Walnut X Frame Window Seat Early 19th Century, Possibly Russ
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare Regency Walnut X Frame Window Seat
Possibly Russian
Early 19th Century
With carved eagle heads over a X stretcher with guilloche carvings and a central medallion.
Height 27...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
French Regence Style Painted Bench
Located in New York, NY
French Regence style (19/20th Century) green painted bench with floral carving and 8 legs connected with a stretcher and shaped cane seat under a cushion.
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Cane, Paint, Wood
Early 19th Century Mahogany Hall Bench
Located in London, GB
Of neat Regency design, sharply cared at modest, useful proportions.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Regency benches for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency benches for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage benches created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency benches made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original benches, popular names associated with this style include and Jonathan Sainsbury. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for benches differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $675 and tops out at $30,000 while the average work can sell for $6,800.
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