Regency Furniture
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.
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Item Ships From: Canada
Style: Regency
COALPORT - Antique English Regency Ceramic Cabinet Plate - U.K. - Circa 1823
Located in Chatham, ON
COALPORT - Antique English Regency botanical ceramic cabinet plate - featuring a transfer decorated and hand painted floral pattern with a wreath to ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
BARKER ELLIS - Vintage Silver Plate Bottle Coaster - U.K. - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
BARKER ELLIS - Quality silver plate on copper bottle coaster - featuring a Regency style pierced border and rope twist rim with a turned wood insert - green velvet liner to the under...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Regency Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 8 Black Lacquered Cane Back Dining Chairs
Located in North York, ON
Set of 8 black lacquered cane back dining chairs. Masterfully restored in a satin black lacquer finish with all new upholstery work. Fabric is a hig...
Category
1970s American Vintage Regency Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Wood
A Large Late Regency Period Sheffield Tea Urn
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a splendid example of the form. that breaks away from Neo-Classical plainness into exuberant and lively ornament. The two handled urn is banded with leaves and acanthus. The...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
English Mahogany Wooden Folio Stand, Map and Document Holder, circa 1820
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Regency era mahogany wood folio stand rack, map, poster, document holder used in a library, office or den, circa 1820. Folds out to six positions ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Wood
French, Louis XV Régence Caned Chairs, 18th Century, Two Similar
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French, Louis XV Régence Style caned Chairs, 18th Century, Two similar presented as a pair without being identical.
Chair 1 - 19" W x 18.5"D x 38.25"H
Seat height 18"
Chair 2 - 19...
Category
18th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Cane, Wood
19 Century English Regency Neo Classical Gilt Wood Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine Regency giltwood and composition triple plate overmantel mirror, each mirror being beveled. The frieze is decorated with ebonized balls above alternating acanthus and anthemio...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century English Mahogany Butlers Tray Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Mahogany folding butlers tray on stand tray has four folding sides with inset brass hinges.
Supported on folding stand with decorative turned supports.
The dimensions are with the ...
Category
1830s English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Regence Parquetry French Commode, Marble Top, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Regence style commode or chest of drawers, marble-top, 19th century. Diamond-shape parquetry veneer, four front drawers. Carved edges, red Languedoc marble top. Gilt bronze ha...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Regency Styled Side or Accent Chairs with Reclining Nude & Swan Panels
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique chairs are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Regency, or Hollywood Regency style. The...
Category
Early 20th Century American Regency Furniture
Materials
Cane, Pine
Large Cut Glass Regency Celery Vase, Circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large cut glass
Regency Celery vase,
Circa 1820.
A large goblet-shaped celery vase cut with
a diamond and peacock feather pattern.
A large goblet-sha...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of Antique Sheffield Regency Style Silver Plated Wine Coolers
By Sheffield
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This matched pair of antique wine coolers are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England between 1800-1820. These wine coolers are done in the Regency style with Sheffield s...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Pair of Huge Antique Matthew Boulton Regency Three Arm Silver Plated Candelabras
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of large and substantial silver plated candelabras were made by the renowned Matthew Boulton on England in apprximately 1810 and done in a period Regency style. The pair ar...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Brass "Cane" Slipper Chairs by Dan Johnson
By Dan Johnson
Located in Toronto, CA
Slipper chairs, with their stripped-down forms, are an ideal way to add extra seating without encumbering a space. This brass pair by furniture designer Dan Johnson (1918 – 1979) hav...
Category
1960s American Vintage Regency Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Regency Gilded Griffin Marble Topped Mahogany Console
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A large and impressive English Regency console table in mahogany and gilded wood; the top section with a thick white marble top rests on two large gilded winged...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Regency Period Large Paper Mache Bottle Coaster with Lacquered Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique wine bottle coaster shows not maker's signature, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 a...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique English Silver Plated Dual Wine Bottle Slide or Coaster
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated dual wine bottle coaster or slide shows no maker's marks, but is presumed to have been made in England in circa 1820 in the period Regency style. The coast...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Metal
A Very Good Regency Period Giltwood Wall Mirror, England Circa 1825
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely proportioned & richly gilded frame showing an architectural cornice above a horizontal tablet with burnished gilt gesso classical motifs in high-relief, overtop a later mi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
English 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Scagliola Candlesticks
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of English candlesticks in gilded bronze and imitation blue lapis lazuli scagliola; the circular gilt bronze bases sit on four lion’s paw feet; the stem is also of scagliola w...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Superior English Regency Period Davenport Desk in Figured Mahogany, Circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The richly figured mahogany case showing a finely turned baluster gallery over a hinged leather topped writing compartment, opening to an interior fitted with small drawers with satinwood fronts & turned pulls.
The writing compartment having the added feature of enabling it to slide over the front of the base, thereby allowing for greater ease & comfort when seated in front.
The base is flanked on either side by twin draw-out bookshelves, the right side featuring a small retractable drawer fitted for writing implements over four tiers of drawers with original functioning locks & key, the left side is similarly complimented by four tiers of false drawer fronts.
The front of the base showing a richly figured mahogany panel sided by hand carved corbel...
Category
1830s English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Regency Tilt Top Supper Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Regency solid wood tilt-top eight lobes and dished supper table, shell forms separating each lobe, raised on turned column over four ribbed down swept legs terminating in brass hairy...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fine Regency Period Sterling Silver Sugar Sifter, Hallmarked Glasgow, 1826
By John Mitchell
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine early 19th century George IV sterling silver sugar sifting ladle, showing a finely pierced bowl and bearing Glasgow Hallmarks with date marks f...
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Regency Toleware Footed Coal Box or Scuttle with Brass Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique metal coal box or coal scuttle is presumably made in England during the 1820s in the Regency period and style. The box is constructed of th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Metal
French Régence Style Marquetry Commode Dresser, Marble Top, Bronze Mounts
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI Style Commode dresser,
Bronze mounts, four drawers.
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Coffee Table, Cocktail Table, Regency Style Single Pedestal Mahogany, English
Located in Toronto, CA
A round single pedestal Regency style mahogany pedestal coffee table or cocktail table with a reeded edge, made in England. The base is supported on the traditional brass claw toe...
Category
20th Century English Regency Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Regency Flame Mahogany Lyre Base Side Table Games Table
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine Regency flame mahogany Lyre style based side table games table in a Regency style. When closed it makes a perfect side table/breakfast or console, when open it is a square tab...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Traditional Regency Walnut Console Table Black Glass Top
Located in North York, ON
This stunning piece features unique arched legs that add a touch of elegance and sophistication to any room. The fluted brass stretcher adds a luxurious and timeless look, while the ...
Category
2010s American Regency Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Regency Eagle Gilt Convex Bullseye Mirror
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
English Regency eagle gilt convex bullseye mirror, berries and leaf pattern and black ebonised mirror trim. Extended wings eagle standing on rock bluff on the top of the mirror, slig...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
A Very Fine Georgian Serving Tray in Old Sheffield Plate by Matthew Boulton
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine and large early 19th century Georgian 'Old Sheffield Plate' serving tray of oval form. The surface richly engraved with foliate & scrolled motifs, centred by a sterling s...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Regency Arm Chair with Scrolled Arms, English
Located in Toronto, CA
A fine arm chair from the English Regency period in mahogany with a scroll arm. This would be a fantastic arm chair to add a bit of character to a library or to be used as a complime...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique English Regency Framed Folk Art Needlepoint Depicting a Persian Man
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed antique folk art needlepoint is signed on the back, possibly Emily Leanora, but is highly illegible so the artist is being regarded as an unknown. This needlepoint was done in England is circa 1810 in the Regency period and style and depicts a Persian man...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Cotton
A Fine Near Pair of Regency Style Silver Plated Sauce Tureens, U.K. Circa 1910
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome near pair of Regency style silver-plated sauce tureens, both showing lobe decorated bodies fitted with conforming lids, sided by lion’s masks with ring handles and ra...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Three Early 19 Century Coalport, Worcestor and Paris Porcelain Plates
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A set of three rare early 19 Century porcelain plates all in orange red gold and white hues. The plate shown on the left is a Chamberlains Worcestor, the middle plate is a Coalport...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Regency Period and Styled Hand Painted Toleware Tea Caddy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique English toleware tea caddy dates to circa 1820 and done in the period Regency style. This tea caddy is constructed of tin with a cast i...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Metal
18th Century French Regency-Style Carved Walnut Commode
Located in Surrey, BC
Classic French furniture from the early 1800s. A walnut commode has elegant hand-carved details. Acquired from a private collection, it was pu...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Very Fine Pair of Regency Period Cut Glass Decanters, England circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of Regency Period mallet shaped cut glass decanters.
Both showing bases decorated with basal flutes & diamond cut bands, rising ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Cut Glass
Early 19 Century English Regency Convex Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period English Regency convex mirror in a carved and water gilt frame, the mirror is surmounted with two scrolling eagles heads which s...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
English Fret-Sawn Polished Steel Fire Fender
Located in Montreal, QC
This fender is distinguished from many others by its fretted repeating design of alternating stylised anthemions and radiating flower petal forms; with moulded base and continuous be...
Category
1830s English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Cut Steel
Samson Porcelain Ornithological Vase
By Edmé Samson
Located in Montreal, QC
This lamp is both highly decorative and useful. It is by Samson, hard paste, unlike Derby and is spuriously marked Derby. As is sometimes the case, the bird painting is of excellent ...
Category
1850s French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Regency furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Leighton Hall Furniture, Spode, and Jonathan Sainsbury. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $495,994 while the average work can sell for $3,772.