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.
Monumental Italian Majolica Cabbage & Citrus Tureen, Trompe l’Oeil Centerpiece
By Dodie Thayer
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A spectacular and monumental Italian majolica trompe l’oeil cabbage tureen crowned with a vibrant citrus finial, executed in richly glazed hand-modeled earthenware. This exceptional ...
Ceramic, Paint
Mid-Century Hollywood Regency Italian Pottery Cauliflower Form Soup Tureen
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a festive Hollywood Regency Era Italian cauliflower form soup tureen . It has a nice large scale. It is marked, and it did not have its original ladle. I am happy to include ...
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Glazed Ceramic Fish Tureen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Celebrate the whimsical artistry of Italian ceramics with this extraordinary trompe l’oeil tureen. Expertly hand-crafted in Italy, this sculptural piece features a clever "fish" silh...
Ceramic
Ceramic Corn Motif Serving Tureen with Lid in Green and Yellow, Signed 1972
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hand-painted ceramic soup tureen is shaped like a bushel of yellow corn with green leaves. This oval serving dish is created from ceramic, and hand-paint...
Ceramic, Paint
Majolica Brown Rabbit Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica rabbit tureen signed Caugant, circa 1940.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$550
H 6.5 in W 8.5 in D 4.5 in
Italian Majolica Duck or Goose Cabbage and Cauliflower Tureen with Lid and Ladle
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hand-painted Italian majolica cabbageware or lettuceware bird and cauliflower tureen with lid and ladle. This petite ceramic serving dish will be ...
Ceramic, Paint
$655
H 7 in W 9.5 in D 13 in
Sarreguemines French Barbotine Majolica Trompe l'Oeil Melon Covered Tureen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Majolica covered tureen in the shape of a trompe l’oeil melon by Sarreguemines, circa 1900. Molded in the form of a large yellow melon with green vines and leaves. The li...
Earthenware
Majolica French Ceramic Cow Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cow tureen circa 1940 signed Caugant.
Ceramic, Faience
Italian Oggetti Porcelain Pheasant Soup Tureen with Ladle
By Oggetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian hand painted Porcelain pheasant soup gravy tureen with ladle by Oggetti. A cleaver soup or gravy tureen covered by a hand painted bird like form. A wonderful piece for sharin...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$32,752Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.6 in W 15.7 in D 9.8 in
18th Century Sterling Silver Soup Tureen Hammered Italian Venice Rococo
By Charles Nicolas Odiot
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Impressive Antique Georgian Italian Sterling Silver soup tureen Style & period Rococo, Georgian, Antique, Italian, Venice Design: Italian The fine hand crafted hammered body stand on four scrolled acanthus leaf legs The cover surmounted by a sculptural solid silver pomegranate...
Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Soup Tureen
Located in Essex, MA
With domed cover with gilt lemon finial on a conforming base with two handles.
Porcelain
Majolica Cabbage Leaf Soup Tureen With Lid and Underplate
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th Century Faiancas Belo Portuguese Majolica Cabbage Leaf Soup Tureen with Lid and Underplate. Features a charming and sculptural cabbage-form ceramic soup tureen with matching lid...
Majolica
1970s French Ceramic Cauliflower Soup Tureen with Lid and Matching Base
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970s French Ceramic Cauliflower Soup Tureen with Lid and Matching Base – Realistic & Decorative Description: This charming and original French ceramic soup tureen, crafted in the 1...
Ceramic
19th Century Pair of French Majolica Cabbage Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Pair of French Majolica Cabbage Tureen.
Ceramic
French Green Majolica Tureen with Stand Sarreguemines, circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century green Majolica tureen with stand signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870 With grapes leaves. Height / 7.5", diameter / 8 inches.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Small Brown Majolica Rabbit Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica rabbit tureen signed Caugant, circa 1940-1950.
Ceramic
Italian Ceramic Pink and Black Flower Blossom Form Tureen
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Perfect for the holiday table! It is a lovely Italian flower blossom for tureen. It is a vibrant pink,black, and green. It is unmarked and in very good condition.
Ceramic
Green Ceramic Lettuce Cabbageware Serving Tureen after Dodie Thayer, 1978
By Dodie Thayer
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A bright green cabbage motif tureen with lid and serving saucer. This iconic pattern will be a great accent for your next dinner party. Slightly larger than a soup bowl, this piece w...
Ceramic
Sold
H 17.52 in W 38.19 in D 13.78 in
Franco Lapini Silver Plated Giant Snail Soup Bowl Centerpiece, Italy, 1980
Located in Munich, DE
Franco Lapinis exquisite snail soup bowl is made entirely of metal plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel. When you open the back, there are ...
Silver Plate
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H 9.5 in W 12 in D 11 in
M Fitz & Floyd Soup Bowls Lobster Vintage 11 Piece Coral Fish Palm Beach
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The most amazing vintage Fitz & Floyd lobster serving set, 11 pieces. All original labels are still present on each piece, all pieces are marked FF (Fitz and Floyd), all original box...
Ceramic