Find many varieties of an authentic Italian regency available at 1stDibs. Each Italian regency for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
metal,
glass and
brass. There are 5247 variations of the antique or vintage Italian regency you’re looking for, while we also have 37 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Italian regency — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An Italian regency, designed in the
Hollywood Regency,
Regency or
Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made Italian regency has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
Aldo Tura,
Gaetano Sciolari and
Willy Rizzo are consistently popular.
Prices for an Italian regency can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1 and can go as high as $205,756, while the average can fetch as much as $2,021.
The California-born style of Hollywood Regency, also known as Regency Moderne, emerged during the Golden Era of cinema from the 1920s to the ’50s. Decadent and bold, vintage Hollywood Regency furniture and interiors playfully mix colors like jewel tones and hot pinks with lacquered walls, gilded accents, mirrored surfaces and metallic finishes for maximalist spaces.
Although it involved elements of the coinciding Art Deco movement, such as a preference for clean lines, Hollywood Regency was much more opulent, inspired by glamorous movie stars and the lavish set designs for films being made in Tinseltown. Furniture designers associated with the style embraced an eclectic range of influences, including throwbacks to previous styles of grandeur, such as Rococo, neoclassical and chinoiserie, as well as materials, from bamboo dining chairs to lucite bar carts to sunburst mirrors made from gilded resin. Hollywood Regency end tables, floor lamps, chandeliers and other pieces tended to be small-scale, fitting into an overall design rather than serving as a focal point.
Interior decorator Dorothy Draper led the shaping of the Hollywood Regency style and also designed iconic pieces like the España chest, which was manufactured by Henredon. Virginia native William “Billy” Haines, a furniture designer who started as an actor, contrasted hand-painted wallpaper with Chinese ceramics and Chippendale chairs, while architect John Elgin Woolf imbued his Beverly Hills designs with theatrical details. Paul Revere Williams, a trailblazing African-American architect, was pivotal in defining the look through his commercial projects, such as the 1940s Beverly Hills Hotel and bespoke homes that mixed everything from Louis XV paneling to Georgian architecture.
Find a collection of vintage Hollywood Regency bedroom furniture, tables, seating and other pieces on 1stDibs.