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 Brass Inlaid Rosewood Metamorphic Bench
Located in Kittery Point, ME
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...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany and Brown Leather Semi-Circular Bench
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency semi-circular bench with a mahogany frame and caned top, supporting a taupe / brown fabric upholstered seat cushion, resting on 5 square and 4 sabre mahogany legs.
Category
20th Century English Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Mahogany
Attractive Regency Style Mahogany Bench with Button Tufted Leather Squab
Located in North Salem, NY
This handsome well made Regency style Mahogany bench is ideal in a foyer, mudroom, the foot of a bed or used as a coffee table in a den. The seat rail is reeded along with the six tu...
Category
Early 18th Century American Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
$3,517 Sale Price
47% Off
An Unusually Long Regency Period Mahogany Bench
Located in London, GB
In the manner of Charles Heathcote Tatham.
This window seat, elegantly framed and panelled with a reeded frieze, rests upon reeded legs adorned with finely carved paterae. Its impre...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Library Bench in the manner of Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Thomas Hope design bench with architecturally inspired recumbent lion and platform base design ends resting upon square recessed block feet. This ite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$9,519 / item
French Regence Style Painted Bench
Located in Queens, NY
French Regence style (19/20th Century) green painted bench with floral carving and 8 legs connected with a stretcher and shaped cane seat under a cushion.
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Cane, Paint, Wood
Mid-Century Italian Regency Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo W/ Cut Velvet Benches - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of regency style gilt metal faux bamboo benches in a new cut velvet animal print. The benches are Italian and date to the 1960s. They are unmarked.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Benches
Materials
Metal
Regency Style Giltwood Ribbon Bench with Zebra Velvet by Randy Esada Designs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Regency Style giltwood ribbon bench W Zebra velvet by Randy Esada Designs
Additional information:
Materials: Giltwood, Velvet
Color: Black
Brand: R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Benches
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Regency Wrought Iron Grape Leaf Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Regency Wrought Iron Grape Leaf Bench, featuring intricate grape leaf details and durable construction. A charming and elegant addition to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Regency Tufted Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Introduce timeless elegance with the American style Vintage Regency Tufted Bench. Featuring classic tufted upholstery and regal design, this bench embodies the refined charm of the R...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
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 pol...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Small Regency Oak Hall Bench, in the Manner of Bullock
Located in London, GB
A Small Regency Oak Hall Bench, in the manner of Bullock
With turned bolster lotus leaf supports, above a panelled seat with a frieze of half r...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Oak
Vintage Regency Web Wrought Iron Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Regency Wrought Iron bench. Beautiful Wed design with a rolling edge. Three benches available. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
The bench is...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mahogany Regency Bench Window Seat Marsh & Tatham Georgian Country House 1820
By Charles Heathcote Tatham, Marsh and Tatham
Located in London, GB
A fabulous, fine and rare mahogany hallway bench or window seat in wonderful antique condition. This stunning and versatile piece will add gorgeous colouring, refined Regency styling...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
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 work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
$20,127
Fine and Rare Pair of Regency Mahogany Benches, Early 19th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine and rare pair of Regency mahogany benches.
Early 19th Century
The scrolled ends with cushion-moulded rails with a central design, above saber legs ending with scrolled tip...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Regency Style Designer Taboret Bench with Cheetah Velvet by Randy Esada
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Regency Style Designer Taboret Bench w Cheetah Velvet by Randy Esada
Priced each.
Additional information:
Materials: Velvet
Color: Gold
Brand: Randy Esada Designs for Prospr
Design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Benches
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
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 p...
Category
Late 20th Century British Regency Benches
Materials
Oak
$9,111 Sale Price
20% Off
20th-C. Large Scale Painted Black Lacquer Regency Style Bench Att. Baker Fur.
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely bench in a nice size! It has regency styling with it’s black lacquer painted frame and subtle red accents. The vintage upholstery is in very good condition and is a ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Regency Armorial Bench By George Oakley
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Regency period mahogany bench probably by George Oakley with a dished scrolled plank seat and a channeled frieze terminating in scrolls over a carved panel centered with the painte...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Duncan Phyfe Regency Empire Style Carved Mahogany Brass Lyre Window Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Late 20th C. Duncan Phyfe Regency Empire Style Carved Mahogany Brass Lyre Window Bench. Item features brass "lyre" accents, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, upholstered...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Regency Style Giltwood Bench with Tibetan Tiger Velvet by Randy Esada Designs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Regency style giltwood ribbon bench by Randy Esada for Prospr. It features silk velvet Tibetan tiger velvet and genuine giltwood silver finish.
Additi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Benches
Materials
Giltwood
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
$3,897 / item
19th Century Neoclassical Italian Regency Period Curule Leg Bench
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime 19th century Italian regency bench featuring three pairs of x-form curule legs ending with gilt lions paw feet. Crafted in the neoclassic...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$14,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Spanish Regency Carved Wood X-Frame Gold Upholstered Stool Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Spanish Regency Carved Wood X-Frame Gold Upholstered Stool Bench. Item features solid wood construction, distressed gold finish, nicely carved details, great style and form. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Modern Regency Style Folding Iron Metal Bench w/ Black Saddle Leather Seat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Modern Regency Style Folding Heavy Iron Metal Bench with Black Stitched Saddle Leather Seat. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 21" H x 40" W x 21" D x 20" Seat Height.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
Window Benches in the Regency Manner
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A pair of turned mahogany and brass-mounted window seats on elongated brass casters. In the Regency manner.
Upholstered in clients own material.
We are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
$11,967 / set
Pair of 18th Century Tapestry Covered Benches
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Heavy oak construction with cabriole legs ending in incurved feet and shaped X-stretchers. Upholstered in sage green velvet with fringe and 18th century tapestry covered tops depicti...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Tapestry, Velvet, Oak
$1,495 / set
Gorgeous Green Painted decorated Upholstered Cerule Style Regency Bench Stool
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This beautiful Regency-style bench stool features a refined Cerule-inspired silhouette with elegant curves, hand-carved details, and a richly painted green finish that exudes timeles...
Category
1950s American Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Walnut
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Style Bronze And Steel Leather Top Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Impressive scale. c. 1920, attributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Co., New York, in the Empire taste, with rectangular button tufted red leather seat, molded seat rail with bronze rosett...
Category
Early 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Pair of Large Scale Antique English Regency Style Benches with Dolphin Feet
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of large scale antique English Regency style benches with dolphin feet. These stunning large Regency style benches or ottomans are beautifully carved on all sides and large enou...
Category
1920s English Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Walnut
Wonderful Pair Regency Carved White Wash Benches Green Silk Chinoiserie X Form
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Regency style X form carved white wash benches with green silk chinoiserie fabric and nailheads
Measures: Height 18 inches, w...
Category
20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Silk, Wood
Fine Quality Baker Furniture Carved French Regency X Form Carved Walnut Bench
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Baker Furniture French Regency style bench exemplifies the brand’s dedication to fine craftsmanship and timeless design. Featuring an elegant X-form carved walnut base, the benc...
Category
1950s American Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Walnut
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
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 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
$8,839 / item
Mario Buatta X-Form Bench
By Deangelis, Mario Buatta
Located in New York, NY
Made by DeAngelis for Mario Buatta; with rectangular fixed cushion over the X-form frame, all upholstered in a salmon pink and woven cotton. Bearing DeAngelis label to underside.
Co...
Category
1970s American Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Cotton, Upholstery, Wood
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 De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
$7,479 / item
Three Seat Contemporary Bench on Chrome Frame Ilmari Tapiovaara for Stendig, USA
Located in Deland, FL
Equal parts style and comfort this luxurious three-seater bench designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Stendig is the epitome of Contemporary design. The solid chrome frame, in wonderful ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Chrome
$2,396 Sale Price
38% Off
Vintage Regency Wrought Iron Grape Leaf Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Regency Wrought Iron Grape Leaf Bench, featuring intricate grape leaf details and elegant curves. A timeless piece perfect for adding sophi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
$11,083 / item
Deepdene Stools
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Inspired by Thomas Hope and the furnishings at Deepdene house. A pair of bench stools with six monopodae supports united by brass cross-stretche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
$16,265 / set
Pair of Carved Regency Style Blue Upholstery Benches MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Carved Regency Style Blue Upholstery Benches MINT
Category
20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique 18th Century Italian Regency Style X Bench with Red Upholstery
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 18in W: 19in D: 16in
This Antique 18th Century Regency style "X" bench is made of the highest quality and is perfect for you and your home! This is perfect for use ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Painted Recamier
Located in Essex, MA
Putty color with orange, gold and yellow stringing with floral and leaf details. Typical form raised on saber legs with casters. From the Krebhiel collection.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Wood
$6,800
Stylish Vintage Italian Regency White Lacquer and Chocolate Brown Bench
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Super chic Regency style bench having white lacquer wood with black and brass accents and sensual curvy shape. Seat is newly upholstered in complimentary faux leopard fabric and the ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
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 wi...
Category
2010s English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
$5,834 / item
Neoclassic Style Giltwood And Upholstered Bench
Located in Essex, MA
With arched scrolled arms and rectangular seat in tufted creme colored upholstery and splayed legs with paw feet.
Category
1970s European Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Giltwood
Regency Ebonized Bench
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular upholstered seat. [used fabric]. With splayed legs and curved stretchers.
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Regency Baker Tufted Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Transform your space with this Vintage Regency Baker Tufted Bench. Crafted with exquisite attention to detail by Baker Furniture, this bench epitomizes American elegance and sophisti...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
A late Regency rosewood window seat, in the manner of George Oakley
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood window seat, in the manner of George Oakley, of rectangular form, with vase-shaped, upholstered arms, reeded seat rails and tapering gadrooned legs with the original brass castors, the arms carved with bold acanthus scrolls, reupholstered in red fabric with a separate buttoned seat cushion. English, c 1820.
See ‘Ackermann’s Regency Furniture and Interiors’ by Pauline Agius and Stephen Jones, Marlborough, 1984, p 132 pl. 116 for a very similar ‘dress sofa...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Rosewood
A Rare Regency Walnut X Frame Window Seat Early 19th Century, Possibly Russ
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare Regency Walnut X Frame Window Seat
Possibly Russian
Early 19th Century
With carved eagle heads over a X stretcher with guilloche carvings and a central medallion.
Height 27...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
French Regency Gilded Petite Vanity Bench Newly Upholstered In Teal Mohair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Regency Gold Gilded Tufted Back Petite Vanity Bench Newly Upholstered in Italian Emerald Teal Mohair
This exquisite antique French Regency vanity bench features a stu...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Benches
Materials
Mohair, Giltwood
Regency benches for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency benches 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 benches created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency benches 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 benches, popular names associated with this style include 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 benches differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $675 and tops out at $30,000 while the average work can sell for $6,800.
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