Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
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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1970s Italian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
Late 20th Century American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal
Late 20th Century American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Metal
1980s European Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Gesso, Wood
1980s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Nickel
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
1980s American Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
1970s Czech Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Chrome
1980s Unknown Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1810s Austrian Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
16th Century Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Plastic
Early 20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Art Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Early 20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Blown Glass
Early 20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Leaf
1950s Austrian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1980s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Mid-20th Century Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
1920s French Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1970s European Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bamboo
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Nickel
1980s Unknown Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1980s European Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Metal, Gold Plate
Late 20th Century North American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1980s Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Late 20th Century North American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Rattan
Late 20th Century North American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass