Regency Armchairs
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.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Regency
Returnable Items Only
Pair of English Regency Period Early 19th Century Black and Gold Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Regency period painted wood armchairs from the early 19th century, with gold and black décor and leopard style upholstery. Created in Eng...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Set of Eight English Regency Style Dining Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous set of eight hand-crafted beech dining armchairs made in the grand English Regency taste. The chairs feature large molded frames with gracefully curved arms, back, and legs....
Category
20th Century American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Regency Rosewood Armchair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century English Regency rosewood armchair. The whole of the scroll top back and the seat join together in a sweeping curve to g...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Regency Period Klismos Armchair with Leopard Head Carved Armrests
By Thomas Hope
Located in London, GB
A Regency Period Klismos armchair
In the manner of Thomas Hope
Carved from oak, with the typical Klismos construction having sabre back legs, the tapering front legs turned and reeded with baluster capitals; the swooping and curved studded toprail above a scrolling anthemion-carved crossbar; the straight armrests with applied anthemion terminals held by distinctive leopard head supports flanking the caned seat.
English, circa 1815
A seemingly identical armchair can be seen at Ickworth House, acquired by the National Trust in 1956 in lieu of inheritance tax. Another variant appeared on the market, with Temple Williams Ltd, sold circa 1956 to Wilfrid Evill.
Dimensions: H: 35 in / 89 cm W: 24 in / 61 cm D: 29 in / 73.5 cm
Provenance:
[Possibly] from the Collection of the Marquess of Bristol, at Ickworth House, Suffolk.
Bristol Collection dispersed in 1956, […], Private Collection, UK.
Comparative Literature:
Joy, Edward Thomas. English Furniture 1800-1851. London: Ward Lock, 1977, pp. 58 & 83.
Hope, Thomas. Household Furniture...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
English Mahogany Arm Chair With Upholstered Seat, 1820
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Regency period ram’s horn arm chair on sabre legs. The chair back has a rectangular concave crest rail morticed between the upper leg posts and...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
English Regency Caned Open Arm Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very decorative early 19th century English Regency open arm chair that retains its original painted surface. The seat caning has an ol...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood, Paint
Tufted Regency Style Armchairs by Marge Carson
By Marge Carson
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Pair o...
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1970s Vintage Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Mahogany
19th Century Regency Ebonised Armchair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulously shaped 19th Century Regency black lacquer spoon back armchair. Having a large curved, open back rest, with a central splat, leading t...
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Vintage Regency Carved Walnut and Cane Armchair, Circa 1940s
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Regency style desk chair or side chair
Circa 1940s
Carved walnut, with caned seat.
Measures: 22"W x 22"D x 33.5"H. Seat h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Regency Carved Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Regency style hand-carved library armchair, with an upholstered and tufted panel back and seat, with brass nailhead trim, scroll arms, on turned, tapered, and reeded legs. With a brown Old English leather...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Vintage English Regency Style Neo-Classical Painted Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine pair of vintage English Regency style Neo-Classical painted armchairs. These have a pretty hand-painted decorative design with a caned seat. An exceptional pair that adds a...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pair of English Regency 1840s Mahogany Chairs with Ionic Capitals and Griffons
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Regency period mahogany armchairs from the mid 19th century, with ionic capitals, griffon arms and paw feet. Created in England during the second quarter of the 19t...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Early 19th Century Irish Regency Armchairs by Mack Williams & Gibton
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb pair of Irish Regency mahogany armchairs attributed to Mack, Williams and Gibton, the arched reeded crest rails above open frames with lattice-work back rails, each with arm...
Category
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A hand carved armchair, the verdigris brass oval inset and caned back above a silk tie on cushion seat, on spiral turned legs. The original Regency.
Dimensions: 24" W x 22.75" D x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Dolphin Arm Venetian Grotto Swivel Brown Leather Chesterfield Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this super rare and highly collectable, circa 1830 Italian Venetian, fully restored swivel armchair
What a find! I have never seen another carved with th...
Category
1830s Italian Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Baker Furniture Faux Bamboo and Cane Regency Armchair, 1960s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous faux bamboo Regency armchair
By Baker Furniture
USA, 1960s
Faux bamboo and cane
Measures: 21"W x 21.5"D x 35.88"H. Seat height 17.5"; arm height 27.75".
Exc...
Category
1960s American Vintage Regency Armchairs
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Cane
Antiques Style Black Wooden Feet And Beige Fabric Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Vintage design style black wooden feet with patina brass finishes and beige fabric armchair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
An Exceptional Gilt and White Painted Regency Bergere, attr to Morel & Seddon
By Morel & Seddon
Located in London, GB
An exceptional Regency white painted and parcel gilt library bergere. The carved and decorated areas to mahogany and bearing traces of the original covering - a finest Italian red silk brocade fabric...
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Late Regency Satinwood and Painted Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
Large scale with caned back and seat plus sides in excellent condition with loose cushions , Curved back and scrolled arms raised on saber legs with casters. Steel braces under the r...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Regency circa 1810-1820 Claw & Ball Oak Framed Blue Leather Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely hand made in England Regency circa 1810-1820 oak framed Gentleman’s tub armchair with Royal blue leather upholstery
A very good looking and d...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair of Regency Painted and Gilded Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Comfortable with useable upholstery, sturdy , square back and seat raised on circular tapered legs with spiral gilded fluted design. Casters.
Category
1790s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
English 1830s Regency Green Tufted Leather Club Chair with Scrolling Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency green tufted leather club chair from the 19th century, with scrolling arms and casters. Created in England during the second quarter of the 19th century, this Regency club chair...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Restored Pair of Antique Regency Bolster Arm Brown Leather Library Armchairs
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely pair of circa 1810-1820 Antique Regency fully restored Chesterfield brown leather hand dyed armchairs with Bolster arms
A fantastic looking a...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Regency Library Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality early 19th century simulated rosewood
Regency period library armchair having elegant scrolling
Arms over X framed end supports with ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Beech
Vintage Italian Regency Style Rams Head Carved Walnut Wingback Bergere Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Regency style rams head carved walnut wingback bergere arm chair. Item features ram's head carved armrests, solid wood frame, upholstered armrests, finely carved deta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair of Armchairs with Red Upholstery of the Regency Period
Located in London, GB
A pair of Regency Period bergères
After a Design by Thomas Sheraton
Constructed from goncalo alves, the chairs with curved backs supported on reeded front legs and splayed legs t...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Other
Eight Restored Brown Leather Thomas Chippendale Chesterfield Club Armchairs 8
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of eight fully restored Chesterfield tufted armchairs with Thomas Chippendale style fret work carved legs
These chairs are a...
Category
20th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather
English Regency Child Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency (c. 1820) child size mahogany open arm chair with caned seat and back.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Armchairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Fine Pair of English Regency ebonized armchairs with classic painted panel splats with matching motifs and gilt decorations. Ca 1810
Dimensions: 21" W x 18" D x 35" H
We are proud of our long-standing partnership with George N Antiques...
Category
1810s European Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Important George IV Rosewood Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Important and very fine George IV carved rosewood armchair, probably by Gillows of Lancaster and London, of great scale and profusely carved in the Grecian style with boldly scrolled...
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
19th Century British Colonial/Regency Ebony Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
A 19th century British Colonial Ebony chair with carved back and feet. Caned seat with scrolled arms.
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Rattan, Ebony
Pair of French Regence Gold Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Regence style (19th Cent) walnut Armchairs with gold upholstery.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Gold
Large and Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Comp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and imposing Regency nautical chair made for the Alliance assurance company, the rectangular leather covered back, padded arms and seat surmoun...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of 6 Regency Style Mahogany Arm Chairs with Yellow Damask Upholstery
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 English Regency style mahogany colored armchairs with yellow damask upholstered seat & back supported on faux bamboo turned legs connected with an x-bar stretcher.
Category
20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Vintage Italian Regency Dolphin Carved Bloomingdale Trianon Collection Armchair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Regency dolphin carved Bloomingdales Trianon collection armchair. Item features serpent/dolphin carved legs, solid wood frame, dis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
English Regency Style Black and Gold Painted Cane Seat Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (20th Century) black and gold painted armchair with x-shaped backs, turned top rails and arms, and black painted cane seats.
Category
20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Elegant 19th Century Mahogany Neoclassical Regency Style Arm Chair with Stars
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Regal Regency 19th century neoclassical mahogany and newly upholstered grey velvet arm chair having handsome brass stars where legs meet the seat and scroll arms. Brass caps finish t...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Pair of English 1830s Regency Walnut Upholstered Armchairs with Scrolling Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Regency walnut armchairs from the mid 19th century, with large scrolling arms and green upholstery. Created in England durin...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Klismos Armchairs after a Design by Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in London, GB
A pair of Klismos armchairs of important size
After a design by Thomas Hope
Constructed in a finely patinated Cuban mahogany, dressed with the carved Burnell family crest; rising fr...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Style Mahogany Ladders
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (19th Century) provincial mahogany ladder back armchairs with slip seats.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Red Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (19th cent) mahogany and gilt lion Armchairs with square back and red upholstery.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
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 Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Regency Mahogany Saddle Seat Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
With saddle seats with scrolled arms and carved backrest.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Mahogany Library Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century Regency period mahogany library armchairs with unusual sliding action to the seat and back. The chairs having acanthus and roundel carving with reeded sc...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Veneman Italian Regency Style Cast Aluminum Spade Back Saber Leg Chairs, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Veneman Italian Regency style cast aluminum spade back saber leg chairs - a pair. Item features a unique spade back, cast aluminum construction, origi...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Lovely Antique Regency Oak Carved Bergere Armchair with Lions Head Arms Velvet
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Regency Oak Bergere armchair with Lions head arms
Please note t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Pair of Very Rare Regency circa 1810-1820 Turkey Work Armchairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1810-1820 Regency Turkey work pair of armchairs original period upholstery
A very rar...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Rare English Regency Double Caned Chinoiserie Armchair with Leather Cushions
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Marvelous luxurious Regency style club or armchair having black and gold chinoiserie frame, double caned body in amazing condition, and two down filled cognac colored soft kid leathe...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Regency Mahogany Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A matched pair of early 19th century Regency period mahogany armchairs, having paneled scroll over backs above leaf carved and lion's head crossrails. The armchairs having lion's paw...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Style Carved Black and Gilt Cane Back Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (20th century) armchairs with black and gilt painted wooden frames with carved detail, cane seat backs, light yellow and gold seat...
Category
20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood
Rare Fully Restored Regency Show Framed Carved Hardwood Brown Leather Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored cigar brown hand dyed leather Regency show framed armchair
A very good looking and nicely refurbished piece. This i...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Veneman Furniture Regency Style Cast Aluminum Spade Back Saber Leg Armchair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Veneman furniture Italian Regency style cast aluminum spade back saber leg armchair. item features a unique spade back, cast aluminum construction, original label, tapered legs, grea...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of English Regency Style Brass Inlaid Oak and Cane Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency stained oak armchair with floral brass inlay pattern, carved detail, cane seat, and removable beige tufted and upholstered seat cushion.
Category
20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Antique French Armchair from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Located in Bronx, NY
An antique French armchair from France. A hand carved solid wood frame and brass detailing in good condition. Upholstered in cowhide beautifull...
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Early 1900s Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Regence Fauteuils Armchairs Original Aubusson Tapestry Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
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Rare pair of the 18th century Regence period (French Regency) detailed carving fauteuils armchairs in walnut with the original Aubusson Tapestry. Wildlife hunting scenes animalier depicted such as what we see in the Chateau Château de Chasse. We can see a rooster attacking a fox in a trap in another cartouche we see a lion with a wild horse with the surrounding typical 18th century bucolic "Bucolique" Theme in the spirit of Jean-Honoré Fragonard , depicting garden scenes with verdure and flowers. Los Angeles Antiques...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Regency Period White Painted and Giltwood Armchairs
Located in London, GB
An impressive pair of early 19th century Regency period white painted and carved giltwood armchairs, in the manner of Morel and Hughes, acanthus and s...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French Regency Style Fauteuils Armchairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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20th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
English Regency Bergere Chair Painted Ebonized Wood and Cane
Located in Savannah, GA
Exquisite 19th century ebonized wooden bergère armchair with caned back, bottom and sides. It is difficult to photograph all the details so please view all of the images. The origina...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Armchairs
Materials
Damask, Fruitwood
Regency armchairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency armchairs 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 armchairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency armchairs 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 armchairs, popular names associated with this style include Chesterfield, Baker Furniture Company, Hickory Chair Furniture Company, 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 armchairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $495 and tops out at $106,393 while the average work can sell for $4,500.
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