Regency Benches
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
Regency Mahogany Bench, 19th C.
Located in Doylestown, PA
An upholstered Regency bench or stool, in mahogany, with scroll form frame and nicely upholstered cushion seat, early to mid 19th century, English.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Style Hall Benches
Located in Westwood, NJ
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Ornately Carved Hardwood Vintage Regency Style Piano Stool Dressing Table Bench
Located in GB
We are delighted to this stunning ornately carved piano or dressing table stool
A very good looking and well-made piece, expertly carved and very decorative. Ideally suited as a d...
Category
20th Century English Regency Benches
Materials
Hardwood
Regency Wrought Iron Tree Seat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fine English Regency period reeded wrought iron tree seat.
In very good condition, standing on lions paw feet and retaining layers of beautifully weathered old paint, restorations t...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
Regency Parcel-Gilt X-Frame Stool with Brass Mounts, after Design by Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope, Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A Regency period parcel-gilt x-frame stool with brass mounts and covered in John Boyd horsehair fabric. In the manner of Gillows and after a design by Thomas Hope.
England, circa 181...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Hand Carved Mahogany Swan Bench
Located in New York, NY
Antique hand carved mahogany swan bench.
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Superb 19th Century English Regency Tufted Velvet Bench
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A true find for it's superb shape and style, an English Regency tufted bench with original horsehair stuffing, having a soft neutral tobacco taupey velvet upholstery, brass nailheads...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Velvet
Regency Style Hall Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Late Regency Mahogany Hall Bench
By Sir John Soane
Located in London, GB
In the Soanian taste, with carved and scrolling back with widely drawn fluted legs on bun feet.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Stool
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style mahogany and brass mounted stool in the manner of Thomas Hope, with slung seat, lion head arm terminals, on a turned "X" base.
Dimensions: 25.5" W x 21.5" D x 25" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Benches
Materials
Leather, Wood
Classic Henredon Carved Mahogany & Upholstered Bench with Lions
By Henredon
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome carved mahogany Henredon bench having lions heads on each of the four extensions at the top and paw feet. Upholstery is a beige gold herringbone, very neutral.
Category
2010s American Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
French Regence Style Faux Tiger Bench
Located in New York, NY
French Regence style (19/20th Century) walnut long 8 leg bench with a stretcher and a faux tiger upholstered seat
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Faux Fur, Walnut
Pair of Grecian Revival Oak Window Seats
Located in London, by appointment only
A very elegant pair of Grecian Revival solid oak window seats after an original Regency design. the surface limed to bring the figuring of the oak to prominence, these lovely benches...
Category
Late 20th Century British Regency Benches
Materials
Oak
English Regency Style Mahogany Caned Window Bench / Hall Bench ca. 1900
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Regency Style mahogany caned window bench / hall bench ca. 1900
Elegant Regency style mahogany caned window bench in neoclassical taste.
Both sides have scrolled ends wit...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Crossover Stool in the Thomas Hope manner
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
This window bench, or long stool, is taken directly from a design by Thomas Hope (1769-1831). The fluted seat rails are supported by reeded legs, filled with turned discs on crossed,...
Category
2010s English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
Luggage Bench Stool in the Regency manner
By Charles Heathcote Tatham
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Fine hope crossover slatted bench with reeded legs, paterae and turned stretchers. The legs terminating in brass castors. Often used to the base end of a bed and sometimes used as a ...
Category
2010s English Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Very sturdy with rectangular top raised on turned legs.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency mahogany settee
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
English regency painted mahogany settee with striped silk upholstery, brass feet and casters, 19th century.
Category
19th Century European Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany, Paint
Vintage Heavy Iron Regency Black Gold Saber Leg Window Bench by Bloomingdales
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage heavy iron regency black gold saber leg window bench by Bloomingdales. Item features heavy iron frame, saber legs, upholstered seat, original label, quality craftsmanship, gr...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
Regency Curule Form Window Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Regency Curule form window bench with carved acanthus wrapped supports and stenciling.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
Regency Style Faux Bamboo Bench or Settee with a Faux Tortoise Finish
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a personal favorite! This is a Regency style caned bench with a faux bamboo frame and faux tortoise finish. It is a timeless piece!
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Cane, Wood
English 1820s Period Regency Ebonized and Gilded Bench with Out-Scrolled Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English period Regency ebonized and upholstered bench with out-scrolled arms and S-scroll legs from the early 19th century. This English bench features a double welt muslin uphols...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Regency Hope Bench
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A carved and gilded window seat in the English Regency style. The upholstered and gently curved moulded ends are decorated with carved paterae and rest on Greek key pattern carved ra...
Category
18th Century European Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Regency Maitland Smith Swag and Tassel Wrought Iron Bench
Located in west palm beach, FL
Incredible vintage Regency Swag and Tassel bench. Made by the iconic Maitland Smith group. Beautiful twisted wrought iron with charming rope detail. Stunning custom upholstered seat ...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
1970s Stacked Chrome and Brass Bench
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Absolutely stunning stacked, mirrored chrome and brass bench. The bench is authentic vintage, from the 1970s. This bench is beautiful and adds so much class to any space. It is perfe...
Category
20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Fine Regency Mahogany Hall Bench
Located in Essex, MA
A very well carved bench with central crest rail tablet with carved volutes, scrolled arms and saber legs ending on lions paw feet.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Lotus Stool in the manner of Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency gilded wood stool, carved with lotus leaf decoration and lion paw feet, based on a design from Thomas Hope’s ‘Household Furniture and Interior Decoration,’ 1807. Item is up...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 20th-C. Regency Style Mahogany Upholstered Daybed / Bench / Chaise
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Lovely in yellow! This is a late 20th century regency style carved mahogany bench or daybed. The yellow upholstery is in wonderful condition. The frame may have a little more age. Th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany, Silk
Vintage French Regency Art Deco Cream Blue Distress Painted Vanity Bench Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Regency Art Deco cream and blue distress painted vanity bench chair. Item features polychrome distress painted frame, rolled back, solid wood frame, tapered legs, very...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Iron Garden Benches England, 19th Century European White
Located in Epfach, DE
Pair of iron garden benches England, 19th century European white
Pair of English strap iron garden seats, white painted, benches are very decorative and comfortable.
Category
1890s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
Mahogany Regency Period Canned Bench
Located in Montreal, QC
Mahogany Regency period canned bench resting on casters.
Provenance: estate of Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski.
This was purchased recently and will be polished by our restorer.
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Regency Style Steel Upholstered X-Stools
Located in Stamford, CT
Handsome pair of Regency style steel stools with X-form bases. The steel with a blackened textured finish. Upholstered in light brown faux leather. A very modern take on the Classic ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Steel
English Regency Large Mahogany Hall Bench, in the Manner of Tatham and Marsh
Located in Sherborne, GB
Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, in the manner of Tatham and Marsh, this Regency hall bench/window seat is one of the best examples of English furniture of this period.
This good...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Italian Giltwood Dolphin Form Marble Top Coffee Table / Bench
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful Italian regency style carved giltwood “dolphin” form marble top bench or coffee table. It has a removable green veined marble top. The piece is unmarked and in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Benches
Materials
Marble
19th Century Regency Mahogany Hall Bench
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptional, large, late Regency mahogany hall seat/hall bench of powerful scale. Having impressive 's' scroll ends with solid panels and carved mouldings with foliage. The large,...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Chic Pink & Green Bench
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Excellent regency chic bench with scroll arm rests. Features a pink green and blue fabric over a painted wooden frame.
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Thomas Hope Settee
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An accurate copy of an original Thomas Hope design. Mahogany, bronze painted and gilded. Upholstered in the clients own material.
We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
Regency Double Chairback Settee
Located in Westwood, NJ
A hand-carved double chair back settee with caned back and seat, arms and silk cushion seat, on spiral turned legs. The original Regency.
Barley Houndstooth-UP4519 Fabric
Trim: W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
Regency Style Upholstered Wooden Bench
Located in New York, NY
Regency style upholstered bench upon wooden curule X-form legs joined by a turned stretcher. Measures: 20" H x 22.5" W x 15.5" D.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Metamorphic Bench
Located in Boston, MA
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. ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Pair of Scottish Regency Wrought Iron Benches, CA 1820
Located in Woodbury, CT
This is a wonderful pair of Regency benches, in newer green paint, and both very comfortable. In excellent condition, they feature scrolled arms, cabriole legs with two penny feet , ...
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Wrought Iron Tete a Tete Seat
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous Regency Tete-a-Tete bench. An intimate little getaway for two. Sure to add a little whimsy to any spot. Perfect in the garden or even indoors. Acquired from a Palm Beach e...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
Caribbean Regency Mahogany Floral Carved Leather Sofa, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Caribbean Regency mahogany leather sofa with serpentine gadrooned carving , centered decorative floral shell back, flanking scrolled medallions and fluted carved arms with bolster si...
Category
1810s Caribbean Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Mahogany Curule Form Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Each with bowed cross banded seats with carved bosses on the four outside corners and at end of stretchers , curule form legs with cylindrical stretcher.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Window Seat in the Regency manner
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency gilded wood window seat, the panelled frieze inset with carved paterae, supported by a naturalistically carved ‘x’ frame base. Upholstered in clients own material.
We are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
Regency Mahogany Footstool
Located in Essex, MA
Square form upholstered seat, raised on turned legs joined by an X stretcher. William Hodgins Estate.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Walnut Finished Leather Benches
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of English Chippendale style walnut benches with brown leather upholstery.
Category
1920s English Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Vintage Regency Kelly Wearstler for Groundworks Giraffe Print Bench
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage upholstered bench. A chic contemporary Kelly Wearstler For Groundworks giraffe print on a glamorous high sided frame. Lots of great patina to the paint from time. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
Vintage Regency Curule Wrought Iron Benches, a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic vintage pair of wrought iron benches. Beautiful Savonarola Curule style with high rolled sides. Heavy down cushion. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
Directoire Regency Tufted X-Base Ottoman By CR Laine
Located in Southampton, NJ
An elegant tufted ottoman in Directoire French regency style having X-base mahogany frame.
Can be used as a bench as well.
In excellent condition.
Category
Early 2000s American Regency Benches
Materials
Mohair, Walnut
Pair of Large Scale Antique English Regency Style Ottomans with Dolphin Feet
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of large scale antique English Regency style ottomans with dolphin feet. These stunning large Regency style benches or ottomans are beautifully carved on all sides and large eno...
Category
1920s English Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Walnut
1950s Italian Regency Style Gilt Metal Tole Painted Bench in French Silk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is 1950s Italian regency style gilt metal tole painted bench in vintage embroidered French silk. It is special piece! It is unmarked and in very good condition. The pillow, howe...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Metal
Handsome Pair of Regency Style Wrought Iron & Leather Benches
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome masculine pair of Regency style hammered wrought iron and leather benches having great texture and a soft "pebbled" sienna brown leather.
Category
2010s American Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Regency Mahogany Upholstered Bench with Original Brass Casters Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
French Regency mahogany upholstered bench with serpentine skirt, foliage carved knee, and terminating on the original brass casters. Bench is covered in white muslin with horse hair ...
Category
1810s French Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Italian “x” Frame Bench C. 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French "X" frame gold leaf bench with washed Belgium linen upholstery detailed with brass nail heads.
Category
1930s French Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Linen, Wood
Stool in the manner of Morel and Hughes
By Morel and Hughes
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A parcel gilt and ebonised stool or bench with upholstered seat on a partially reeded lotus leaf 'X' frame support. Upholstered in clients own material and can be made in a bespoke s...
Category
2010s English Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Mahogany Window Seat
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive late 19th century mahogany window seat with elegant swept x frame supports and fine fluted stretchers with carved decoration throughout raised on delightful carved ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Scottish Regency Wrought Iron Bench, CA 1820
Located in Woodbury, CT
This is a wonderful Scottish Regency bench, in a lightly-rusted surface with traces of original paint and primer, and extremely comfortable. In mint antique condition, with no repair...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
