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
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1820s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1810s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Rosewood, Giltwood
1810s Antique Regency Mirrors
Wood
1990s Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
20th Century Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Pine
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century French Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1920s French Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Hardwood
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
1970s European Vintage Regency Mirrors
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold
17th Century American Antique Regency Mirrors
Pine
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Silver Leaf
20th Century Unknown Regency Mirrors
Paint
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
19th Century Antique Regency Mirrors
Metal
1890s Italian Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Mirrors
Wood
20th Century Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
1810s Irish Antique Regency Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century Unknown Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
1820s French Antique Regency Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Mahogany
1970s Spanish Vintage Regency Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
19th Century British Antique Regency Mirrors
Wood, Glass
2010s English Regency Mirrors
Metal
1810s English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Mirrors
Giltwood