Regency Building and Garden Elements
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.
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18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
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18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Limestone
18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
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19th Century Belgian Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Glass, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone, Marble
18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Limestone
18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone
18th Century Italian Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
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Early 20th Century French Regency Building and Garden Elements
Marble
Early 20th Century American Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Iron
Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone
19th Century American Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
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19th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Bronze
18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone
Late 20th Century American Regency Building and Garden Elements
Concrete
18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone, Limestone
19th Century Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass
18th Century Italian Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Limestone
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Lead
18th Century Belgian Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Marble
Early 20th Century European Regency Building and Garden Elements
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century English Regency Building and Garden Elements
Metal
Early 1900s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Iron
Early 2000s European Regency Building and Garden Elements
Iron
1810s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone
20th Century English Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Regency Building and Garden Elements
Metal
Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Limestone
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass
Early 19th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Marble
1850s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Steel, Iron
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Iron
1870s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Metal, Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass
1820s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Regency Building and Garden Elements
Concrete
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Carrara Marble
1810s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Mid-19th Century Scottish Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Iron
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Steel
1830s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Stone
19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Bronze, Steel
1820s English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Iron
Early 19th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Marble
1810s French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Regency Building and Garden Elements
Concrete
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Steel
Mid-19th Century British Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Plaster
2010s Regency Building and Garden Elements
Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Silver Leaf
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Gold Plate, Bronze, Iron
Late 20th Century English Regency Building and Garden Elements
Iron
19th Century English Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Brass
19th Century French Antique Regency Building and Garden Elements
Bronze