Hollywood Regency Boxes
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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Early 1900s German Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Ormolu
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Ormolu
Early 1900s German Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Ormolu
Early 1900s Italian Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Ormolu
1870s French Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Boxes
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Boxes
Metal
17th Century German Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Wrought Iron, Iron
1980s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Boxes
Jade
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Boxes
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Boxes
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Boxes
Lacquer
Late 19th Century American Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Ormolu
1830s French Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Glass
19th Century Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Rosewood
Early 1900s German Antique Hollywood Regency Boxes
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Boxes
Jade, Silver Plate, Brass
Early 20th Century Hollywood Regency Boxes
Glass, Cut Glass
Early 20th Century Hollywood Regency Boxes
Opaline Glass