Hollywood Regency Games
The California-born style of Hollywood Regency, also known as Regency Moderne, emerged during the Golden Era of cinema from the 1920s to the ’50s. Decadent and bold, vintage Hollywood Regency furniture and interiors playfully mix colors like jewel tones and hot pinks with lacquered walls, gilded accents, mirrored surfaces and metallic finishes for maximalist spaces.
Although it involved elements of the coinciding Art Deco movement, such as a preference for clean lines, Hollywood Regency was much more opulent, inspired by glamorous movie stars and the lavish set designs for films being made in Tinseltown. Furniture designers associated with the style embraced an eclectic range of influences, including throwbacks to previous styles of grandeur, such as Rococo, neoclassical and chinoiserie, as well as materials, from bamboo dining chairs to lucite bar carts to sunburst mirrors made from gilded resin. Hollywood Regency end tables, floor lamps, chandeliers and other pieces tended to be small-scale, fitting into an overall design rather than serving as a focal point.
Interior decorator Dorothy Draper led the shaping of the Hollywood Regency style and also designed iconic pieces like the España chest, which was manufactured by Henredon. Virginia native William “Billy” Haines, a furniture designer who started as an actor, contrasted hand-painted wallpaper with Chinese ceramics and Chippendale chairs, while architect John Elgin Woolf imbued his Beverly Hills designs with theatrical details. Paul Revere Williams, a trailblazing African-American architect, was pivotal in defining the look through his commercial projects, such as the 1940s Beverly Hills Hotel and bespoke homes that mixed everything from Louis XV paneling to Georgian architecture.
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1870s Italian Antique Hollywood Regency Games
Velvet, Paper
1950s Vintage Hollywood Regency Games
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Games
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Games
Wood
Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Games
Paper
20th Century Austrian Hollywood Regency Games
Brass
1920s Indian Vintage Hollywood Regency Games
Oak, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary French Hollywood Regency Games
Paper
20th Century Hollywood Regency Games
Gold
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Games
Paper
2010s Mexican Hollywood Regency Games
Steel
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Games
Brass
20th Century English Hollywood Regency Games
Satinwood, Walnut
20th Century English Hollywood Regency Games
Hardwood, Walnut
20th Century Austrian Hollywood Regency Games
Brass
1880s English Antique Hollywood Regency Games
Walnut
20th Century Kenyan Hollywood Regency Games
Stone
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Games
Stone, Quartz, Marble
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Games
Onyx, Marble
1970s Greek Vintage Hollywood Regency Games
Brass, Copper
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Games
Marble, Stone
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Games
Stone, Marble
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Games
1970s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Games
Brass
1970s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Games
Acrylic, Lucite