Regency Mirrors
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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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century English Regency Mirrors
Plaster, Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
20th Century British Regency Mirrors
Giltwood, Glass, Mirror, Hardwood
17th Century American Antique Regency Mirrors
Pine
20th Century British Regency Mirrors
Mirror
1970s American Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Irish Antique Regency Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gold
Early 20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
1990s Unknown Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood
1810s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
1890s Italian Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
1820s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
Late 20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster, Wood
1820s British Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Brass
1810s British Antique Regency Mirrors
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Pine
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood, Glass
1820s European Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
1980s American Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
1840s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Bronze
1970s Indian Vintage Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Faux Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
18th Century Antique Regency Mirrors
Wood
19th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1970s American Vintage Regency Mirrors
Composition
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Wood
19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror
18th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1810s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Wood
1970s French Vintage Regency Mirrors
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1820s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1960s American Vintage Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century European Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 1800s Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood