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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1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Regency Mirrors
Bronze
17th Century American Antique Regency Mirrors
Pine
1780s French Antique Regency Mirrors
Bronze, Gold Leaf
20th Century British Regency Mirrors
Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Wood, Plaster, Mirror
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Mirrors
Metal
Late 20th Century French Regency Mirrors
Mirror
Early 20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century American Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Paint, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Mirrors
Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century North American Regency Mirrors
Gold
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1940s Italian Vintage Regency Mirrors
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1810s French Antique Regency Mirrors
Bronze
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1820s British Antique Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Spanish Regency Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
18th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Bronze
20th Century American Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf