Regency Lighting
REGENCY STYLE
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.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Regency
Pair of Early 19th Century Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th Century ormolu Candlesticks having beaded nozzles, supported on tapering stems with lion's paw feet ending on engine turned circular bases. Now converted to lamp...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Large Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Regency Style Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A large English Regency style gilt bronze and cut glass chandelier of fine quality. Formerly from Salperton Park, Gloucestershire.
Category
1910s British Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1960s Large Italian Colorful Regency Style Chandelier
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A beautiful, large Regency style Italian silvered iron and crystal chandelier, circa 1960s.
Decorated with colorful flowers and blue crystal pendants.
Measurements: height of the f...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Regency Style Vintage Table Lamp from Hans Kögel, 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
A Nature-inspired graceful luminary. The Palm Tree Table Lamp by Hans Kögel draws up heavily from the natural world to create this truly remarkable piece of...
Category
1960s German Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Metal
Fine English Regency Gilt Bronze Lamp Depicting Atlas
Located in London, GB
A fine English gilt bronze lamp depicting Atlas, holding up the earth. Formerly for oil, now electrified.
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Set of Early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Lustre Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
An unusual set of early 19th century bronze & ormolu Lustre candlesticks, 2 singles & 1 double, having pierced canopies raised on unusual “hippocampi” supported on plinth with acanth...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Solid Bronze Midcentury Ceiling Sputnik Lamp, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
A very great form language. Beautifully elaborated flowers, very harmonious in overall appearance. Very good quality.
Fully functional.
Each with an eight E14 sockets. Works with 2...
Category
1960s German Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1970s XXL Brass and Chrome Table Lamps by Banci Italy
By Banci
Located in München, DE
Pair of very rare impressive giant table lamps from Banci.
Made in Italy. Manufactured in the 1970s.
Great, very elegant Hollywood Regency design i...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Antique Bronze Napoleon III Candelabra Table Lamp from the 1800s
Located in Søborg, DK
An antique bronze Napoleon III candelabra table lamp From The 1800s
Tripod base on lions paws Decorated with Acanthus leaves.
Ribbed bronze pillar stem ...
Category
1810s French Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Elaborate Regency Three Light Candelabra Attributed to Hancock & Rixion
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An elaborate three light candelabra with a pillar and file cut base mounted with a central silver band decorated with finely feather cut rosettes and hung with rounded rule drops sur...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Cassolettes
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century white marble and ormolu cassolettes. Having pineapple finial lids converting to candle holders, decorated with beaded s...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Lustres Three Branch Candelabra
Located in Benington, Herts
A very attractive pair of early 19th century three branch gilt bronze candelabra with cut-glass lustres.
Probably English Circa 1820.
Of rare form and in wonderful orig...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Regency Table Lamp
By Thomas Hope
Located in Richmond, London
A very decorative Grand Tour vase after a design by Thomas Hope, mounted as table lamp, in porcelain with matte turquoise ground and glazed classical ornaments. English, early 19th c...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Style Hexagonal Hall Lantern
Located in London, GB
A regency style glazed brass hexagonal hall lantern, with glass canopy and 3 internal lights.
The lower ring has provision for three up-lights.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass
Very Large Wrought Iron Wall Lamp Offset with Glass Crystals by BF Italy
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Proudly 110cm high and 40cm wide. Heavy very good quality. Very good condition. See pictures.
The lamp is executed with five E14 Edison screw fit bulbs. It is in working conditio...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze & ormolu candlesticks, having lotus leaf sconces above reeded tapering stems with leaf & berry decoration, raised on leaf & flower decorated circu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Huge French Louis XVI Style Brass Bronze Lantern with Curved Cut Glass Panels
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Very large Louis XVI style four-light hexagonal lantern, France, 1920-1930. The lantern is made of solid brass with integrated cast bronze details, six curved sides with curved cut g...
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Bronze & Ormolu Fluted Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze & ormolu fluted candlestick lamps having urn-shaped nozzles above reeded, tapering stems with acanthus leaf dec...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Regency period Gilt Bronze Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
An unusual pair of English Regency period gilt bronze wall lights raised on scrolled ‘wolfhead’ and coronet supports with triple lustres above winged angels. The lustres, terminating...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Regency Period Bronze & Ormolu Lady Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century Regency period bronze & ormolu candlesticks, having fluted & engine-turned urn-shaped nozzles above classical lady stems mounted on circular engine-turne...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze & ormolu candlesticks, having acanthus leaf sconces above reeded tapering stems supported on well-cast acanthu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Regency Louis XV Style Bronze-Gilt Pair of Wall Lights
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of appliques in the Regence style.
Each three-lobed electrically mounted, bronze gilded, in the form of a mascaron semi-plastically executed, as well as floral decor, in each c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Italian, Gilt Metal, Floor Lamp with Sheaf of Wheat Motive, 1960s, Candelabra
Located in Vienna, Austria
A gilt metal floor lamp from Italy made in the 1960s. This four element candelabra is made up of sheet metal, cast elements and tubing,
that has been hand assembled and coloured. Th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Metal
Marble Table Lamp, set of two, Italy 1940s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
1Marble Table Lamp, set of two, Italy 1940s
940s vintage table lamps woth marble base. Pure 1940s Regency style, with a bi-color round base (yellow travertine marble and black marqui...
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Lighting
Materials
Marble, Iron
Large Twelve-Light Regency Chandelier Attributed to Hancock & Rixion
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine Regency chandelier of tent and waterfall design the drop hung feather cut dishes cascading to a rule drop tent this draped to the main decorative band this issuing twelve bran...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
An Extremely Rare Pair of English Regency Period Chandeliers of Unusual Design
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare pair of English Regency period eight-light cut glass and ormolu-mounted chandelierS of the finest quality the shaft centred by a tapered slice and diamond cut stem piece surmounted by a drop hung ormolu palm tree spray, this supporting tapered slice and diamond cut stem piece the shaft terminating with ormolu leaf decorated pan, the main drop hung double ring decorated with flower heads anthemion and issuing eight six-sided candle arms with drop hung van dyke edged drip pans supporting bullet shaped hurricane shades the main ring also supporting a basket of double pointed faceted spangles these supported by a finely chased leaf ormolu ring and lapidary cut finial. The chandelier richly draped with double pointed Regency spangles and finely chased ormolu four-way drop of a unique design. English circa 1805 Height 60in (152.4cm) Width 43in (109.2cm) For similar examples please see Martin Mortimer, The English glass chandelier, plate 70 the chandelier now at 1 Royal Crescent...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Regency Lanterns, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
A pair of large bronze lanterns from the Regency period. These tapered lanterns are surmounted by a flame emanating from a corona, echoing their past as gas lanterns. Below, there is...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century ormolu candlesticks finely engine-turned throughout, having urn shaped nozzles above tapering stems ending on circular bases. (Now converted to lamps)
...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Large 19th Century Regency Style Bronze and Cut-Glass Lantern
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Heavy, large Regency style lantern, France, circa 1870-1880. This lantern is of solid bronze and parcel brass with six frosted cut glass windows....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Fine Pair of 19th Century Bronze Urn Lamps with Marble Bases
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze campana-shaped urns, having leaf and berry beaded rims, above scrolled satyr mask handles, raised on fluted stems, supported on sienna marble plin...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pair of Eagle Carved Regency Empire Giltwood Twin Light Wall Appliques Sconces
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of Regency Empire taste giltwood wall light Appliques with eagle carved detailing
A very decorative pair of wall sconces, designed to ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Regency Period Bronze and Ormolu Candlesticks Converted to Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze and ormolu candlesticks having urn shaped nozzles above engine turned and acanthus collared reeded tapering stems raised on leaf scroll, lions paw...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of English Regency Brass Decorative Ceiling Roses
Located in London, GB
Pair of English Regency brass decorative ceiling roses
English, circa 1830
Measures: Depth 12cm, diameter 92cm
Each ceiling rose in this pair is craf...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stunning Bohemian Glass Chandelier
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass or steel frame with eight glass arms and glass ornaments. Fitted with E14
sockets. Made in the early 1970s in Czechoslovakia.
Perfect original condition some rost on the main...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass, Steel
Large Hollywood Regency Table Lamp, 1970s
By Belgo Chrome
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Stately and heavy green table lamp.
This decorative table lamp is mostly made from brass with a green central piece.
It comes with an impressive shade and has two- light points...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Stone, Brass
Regency Style Gilt Wood Carved TwinWall Light
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Regency style giltwood carved TwinWall light
This is a very attractive light it has regency look with dark stripes in the column, it has 2 sconces
The light is in good vinta...
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Bakalowits Nickel Plated Crystal Chandelier Glass Wall Light, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Pair of Bakalowits nickel plated crystal chandelier glass wall light, 1960s.
The lamps are executed with E27 Edison screw fit bulbs. It is in work...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Nickel
Pair of Regency Cut-Glass Candelabra by John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare pair of Regency twin-light gilt bronze mounted, pillar and file cut, glass candelabra by John Blades.
The firm of John Blades was first recorded in the London guide for 178...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
Lamps in the manner of Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine pair of Regency lamps with three carved stylized leopard supports, platform bases and turned ring tops with ormolu stud decoration.
We ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Lighting
Materials
Paint, Wood
Large Regency Style Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Six-Light Antique Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A large Regency style cut glass and gilt bronze six light antique chandelier, with tented beaded ropes descending from the corona to the waterfall of profusely hung spear drops weigh...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
Regency Style Brass Hall Lantern
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Regency style brass hall lantern, having bowed glass panels swag and ribbon decoration and a four branch sconce within.
Category
20th Century English Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass
Small Ormolu Mounted Regency Chandelier by John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine Regency chandelier of tent and basket design with double ormolu bands issuing six diamond cut glass candle nozzles, the chandelier is hung with double cut rectangular spangles...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Double 3-Light Solid Bronze Wall Lights, Germany, 1970s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
A very great form language.
Beautifully elaborated flowers, very harmonious in overall appearance.
Very good quality.
This lamp can be used as either a wall or ceiling lam...
Category
1960s German Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Fine Twelve Light Regency Chandelier Attributed to Hancock & Rixon
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine ormolu-mounted Regency chandelier of classic tent and basket design the tent terminating with drop hung double band corona, this inserted with emerald cut segments and mounted...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Antique English Early 19th Century Wedgwood Chandelier
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare early 19th century Regency period English chandelier, the body of Wedgwood jasperware mounted with elaborate gilt ormolu metal work issuing five electrified candle arms and hu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Regency Period Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Crystal Frame Chandelier, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regency period gilt bronze and cut-crystal frame chandelier.
English, circa 1830.
This fine chandelier has a foliate corona hung with lancet-shaped drops above strings ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine Regency Six-Light Chandeliers by John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine six-light cut glass ormolu-mounted chandelier of Classic tent and waterfall design the tent surmounted by a drop hung corona the main ring issuing six ormolu arms supporting d...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Cut Steel, Ormolu
Regency Period Ormolu and Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The knurled and flower rosette decorated ormolu band surmounted with four diamond the step cut turnover top candle nozzles the chandelier of Classic tent and basket design all hung w...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Large Carved Gilded Wooden Lantern from Theatre Royal Brighton
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A large carved gilded wooden lantern from Theatre Royal Brighton
This piece originates from the Theatre Royal in Brighton which was built in 1806
This is a six-sided piece, the p...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Lighting
Lamps in the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham
By Charles Heathcote Tatham
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An English Regency carved wood table lamp in the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham. This carved seated griffin, which is also an heraldic sym...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass
Regency Style Cut Glass Nine Branch Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A 20th century Regency style cut-glass nine branch chandelier. The shaped glass stem issuing nine arms over two graduated tiers and hung with cut-glass dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Regency Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
Large Twelve-Light Crystal Chandelier in the English Regency Manner
Located in London, GB
A large twelve-light 20th century gilt brass and crystal chandelier in the English Regency manner. The main rim with smaller lower rim applied with candle branches and strung with gl...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Large Eight-Light Regency Tent and Waterfall Chandelier of the Finest Quality
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine regency chandelier of classic tent and waterfall design unusually having two tents divided with a second waterfall both waterfalls with double rosette bands, the main ring iss...
Category
1820s Antique Regency Lighting
Regency Period Antique Chandelier by John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An important Regency period ormolu-mounted cut-glass eight-light chandelier by John Blades the main drop hung double band supporting scallop edged drip pan...
Category
1810s Great Britain (UK) Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Regency Eight-Light Gilt Bronze Chandelier
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An Unusual Regency period eight-light gilt bronze chandelier the main bronzed band surmounted with eight glass hurricane shades these mounted in fine decorated mounts the band also s...
Category
1810s Great Britain (UK) Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Important Regency Period Dish Light
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The top ormolu corona surmounted with four classic regency hanging chains these supporting a knurled and pieced leaf decorated band this surmounted by a bronzed and ormolu mounted fo...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Austrian Scone with Cream Coloured Silk Shade from the 1950's
Located in Vienna, Austria
Large scone in brass with a silk shade. The high quality craftsmanship is typical from
the Austrian lamp production in this time.
The shade is made new i...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Regency Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Bronze and Ormolu Triform Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of large early 19th Century bronze & ormolu candlestick lamps, having leaf moulded sconces above tapering stems, supported on scroll triform legs ending on triangular stepped ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Regency lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency lighting for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Palwa, Banci, BD Lumica, and Belgo Chrome. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $295 and tops out at $8,400 while the average work can sell for $1,775.
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