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.
Spanish Talavera de la Reina Tin-Glazed Earthenware Charger
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Title Spanish Talavera de la Reina Tin-Glazed Earthenware Charger with Renaissance-Style Female Portrait ⸻ Description Hand-painted tin-glazed earthenware charger produced in the...
Pottery
Hollywood Regency Trompe L'Oeil Candle in Turquoise and Gold Faience, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A stunning pair of ceramic Hollywood Regency style candlesticks. Each piece is shaped in a faux ruffle style, giving the look of a ruffled piece of fabric. The middle is glazed in a ...
Gold
Set of 3 Crab shapes in Ceramic, empty pocket, France, 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Set of three ceramic crab-shaped trinket dishes, made in France in the 1970s. Each piece features a domed body with a deep black glaze, enhanced with fine gold lines, contrasting wit...
Ceramic
Large Scale Hollywood Regency Era Italian Terracotta Palm Tree Putti Statue
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Love this! It is a large scale Italian Hollywood Regency Era terracotta palm tree with two puttis at the base. It is two pieces. The piece has a white glazed finish.
Terracotta
French Art Deco Longwy Ceramic Charger Bowl
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wonderful large decorative French deep wall charger by Maurice Paul Chevallier for Fai¨ences de Longwy de Luneville. Decorated in a crackle glaze of vibrant colors and gilt and ename...
Ceramic
$695
H 18.5 in W 8 in D 4 in
French Desvres Faience Figural Cat Wall Pocket Vase or Bouquetière by Geo Martel
By Desvres, Émile Gallé, Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine French faience wall pocket / vase. By Geo Martel, founder of the Gaëtan Level ceramics factory in Desvres starting circa 1900. In the form of a cat climbing with floral mark...
Faience
Longwy French Art Deco Ceramic Bowl
By Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning Art Deco period faience bowl, made in France by the Emaux de Longwy art pottery workshop and dating circa 1920-30s. This earthenware bowl is hand-decorated with Chinoiseri...
Enamel
$355 / item
H 1 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Émile Gallé St Clément Art Nouveau Trompe L'oeil French Asparagus Plate, 1870
By Émile Gallé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From St. Clément, Luneville and designed by Émile Gallé, a Barbotine square shaped, trompe l’oeil asparagus plate, circa 1870. Five raised asparagus spears are strewn across a bei...
Earthenware
Pair of Large Scale Marble Sphinx Garden Statues Sculptures
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning pair of early 20th century Egyptian Revival marble garden sphinxes. Each have female heads and drapery on lion bodies. From one of the finest ho...
Marble
$10,756 / set
H 21.25 in Dm 13 in
19th Century Spanish Pair of Urns, Talavera de la Reina Pottery, Stamped 1899
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th-century Spanish pair of large urns with blue mythical masks, dragons, scrolling acanthus leaves, linen swags and with printed text: NO 8 Do, BETTICA and Tortosa all against a yellow background, Talavera de la Reina...
Ceramic
$220 / item
H 1.25 in Dm 8.25 in
Sarreguemines Art Nouveau Barbotine Majolica Glazed Earthenware Orchid Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Sarreguemines French Barbotine faïence majolica plate showing a spray of three purple and yellow orchids on a cream colored ground. Raised, dimensional mold work with a shaped r...
Earthenware
Unavailable|$2,868
H 10.67 in W 10.67 in D 1.3 in
Set of 4 Polychrome Dutch Delft Tiles with Ornamental Design
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
A set of 4 polychrome Dutch Delft tiles with ornamental design. Made in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Circa 1625 - 1650. The Netherlands Haarlem ...
Ceramic
$5,737
H 5.01 in W 5.01 in D 0.36 in
Set of 16 Blue and White Delft Tiles with Animals and Figures, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Germany Ansbach 18th century A set of 16 blue and white, with manganese tint, tiles with decorations of animals and figures. Very fine painting and much detail in the animals and fi...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Large Weathered Garden Statue of Venus A Large stone Statue of Venus
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Weathered Garden Statue of Venus A Large reconstituted stone Statue of Venus This is a vintage classical statue, it dates from the early part of the 20th century with desirabl...
Cast Stone
19th Century English Minton Majolica Oyster Plates Pair
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of late 19th Century English Minton Majolica oyster plates with six oyster wells and a large well for crackers surrounding a center well for sauce. Luminous cream and pink gla...
Majolica
French Majolica Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque with Lemons, Perret-Gentil, Menton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Menton French Majolica (Barbotine) Trompe L'oeil Wall Plaque on a turquoise ground with lemons molded in high relief, circa 1880, 8-inches diameter. Generally referred to as "Mento...
Majolica
$395
H 1.15 in Dm 8.75 in
Nevers 18th Century Polychrome Tin-Glazed Earthenware Faïence Country Home Plate
By Nevers
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely 18th century Nevers earthenware plate featuring a charming country home, smoke billowing out of the fireplace, trees nestled around.
Faience