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.
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Pair of Oval Frosted Lidded Glass Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of oval lidded frosted glass boxes. The pair are unique and very versatile, for use from the vanity to your work station or desk... holding rin...
Glass
Vintage Coastal Reed and Faux Snake Skin Chest
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage coastal bamboo eeed and faux snakeskin chest or decorative box. Simple treasure chest shape and feel. Boho and British colonial aesthetic. Functions as intended. Each line ...
Bamboo, Wood
Hollywood regency luxury smoking set, Italy 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking Set, table lighter and cigars box Italy 1970 faux tortoiseshell, brass Ashtray: H 9.5 × 6 × 6 cm Cigars box: H 6.5 x 18 × 11 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age...
Brass
1970's Hollywood Regency Tray
Located in Catania, IT
For sale an elegant and refined tray in wood and brass with an unmistakable Hollywood Regency style, perfect for adding a touch of glamour and sophistication to any environment. This...
Brass
Handsome English Burlwood Humidor With Polished Finish, Brass Campaign Pulls
Located in Buchanan, MI
Great Holliday Gift! Handsome English Burlwood Humidor With Polished Finish, Brass Campaign Pulls
Walnut
Hollywood regency white ceramic bucket, Italy, ca. 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency white ceramic bucket Italy, ca. 1970 Brass, ceramic Label on the top H 38.5 x diam. 37.5 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use
Brass
Set of 4 Italian Yellow Siena Marble 1970s Bowls and Boxes
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This set consists of 4 pieces made of yellow marble (I think it is the so-called "Giallo Siena"): 1 bowl, 1 soap dish, 2 boxes. All the pieces are in excellent condition: the soap ...
Siena Marble
Bamboo Game Box with Silver Closure, Hollywood Regency Style, 1960s
Located in Catania, IT
1960s large box made of bamboo and wood b the I top is hinged with a sterling silver front closure.
Sterling Silver
Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes, Mellerio Paris, France 1970s
By Mellerio
Located in Firenze, IT
Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes Mellerio Paris, France 1970s silver-plated metal, lucite Marked underside: "Mellerio - A. Paris" H 19.5 cm - 15.5 cm diam H 10 cm ...
Silver Plate
Smoking Set, brass and wood tray, ashtray, lighter and cigars box, Italy 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking Set, brass and wood tray, ashtray, table lighter and cigars box Italy 1970 wood, brass, resin Tray: H 1,5 cm x 38 x 38 cm Ashtray: H 3,5 x 19,5 x 19,5 cm Table Lighter: ...
Brass
Jewelry Box in Red Dyed Tessellated Bone
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Small jewelry box in red dyed tessellated bone in the style of Karl Springer
Bone
Huge Aldo Tura Square Goatskin Ice Bucket
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant Aldo Tura brown parchment square ice bucket or decorate box. This particular ice bucket was executed in the 1970s and is in excellent vinta...
Chrome
Seed Pearl and Blister Cocktail ring
By Cartier
Located in North Miami, FL
Seed pear and Blister cocktail ring in 14k gold setting .Nice size . Very little wear by age and use.
Gold