Regency Style Lacquered Sleigh Bench on Brass Castors

Regency style carved & ebonized bench with shaped seat, ca. 1930

A Regency style carved mahogany and parcel-gilt hall bench, the reeded solid seat with lapette carved and scroll end supports, loose button upholstered seat cushion, on turned fluted...

Rectangular upholstered seat with turned legs that curve out. Possibly By Wood & Hogan.

1960s Regency style bench. Gilt wood balls accent top. Needs reupholstering.

On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare, rattan blue bench you could hope to find. In original and unfinished condition. Outstanding design is exhibited throug...

Beautiful Regency style stool with a rope design by Charles Hollis Jones. The stool shows beautifully, upholstered in the original white Naugahyde and in need of new upholstery. Ex...

Good pair of Regency style benches, the cane seat over molded rails, the reeded legs with palmette carved corners, the whole of good design and proportion. Ready as is or with your c...

1281 French curved X bench with applied brass detailing.

The rectangular padded seat covered in brown leather, opening to reveal a set of library steps, over a solid inlaid seat-rail and ring-turned tapering legs ending in castors. 18in. high, 34 1/2in. wide and 16 1/2in. deep. Opened, 36in. high and 49in. wide. Rooms organized during the Regency period as libraries often had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The upper shelves were difficult to reach, so movable library stairs were invaluable. Further, libraries were one of the most important rooms in a stately house, symbol of its owner's wealth, culture and status. As a consequence, designers, architects and cabinet or chair makers devoted much attention to its architecture and decoration. Hence, the emrgence of innovative ideas such as our bench. Enter the Regency era metamorphic library chair/bench (chairs are more common than benches)! The tables, chairs and stools containing library steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but this innovative chair-based design did not become immediately popular. Once the Regency was established, a neo-classical interpretation of Campbell’s Metamorphic Library Chair concept started to become popular in London. Any early attributions rely heavily on two contemporary sketches...

A pair of carved mahogany and parcel-gilt hall bench, the reeded solid seat with lapette carved and scroll end supports, loose button upholstered seat cushion, on turned fluted and t...