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
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 ...
Category
2010s English Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
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
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
Regency Style Mahogany Bench, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
These Regency style upholstered benches in leopard print fabric can be used as a piano bench, vanity bench or extra seating when or wherever needed. Be it...
Category
20th Century 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
20th-C. Large Scale Painted Black Lacquer Regency Style Bench
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
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pierluigi Colli Bench and Pouf from 1950, Design
By Colli Torino
Located in Foggia, FG
Pierluigi Colli bench and pouf from 1950, Design
Author: Pierluigi Colli, Turin 1950s
Materials: Full gilded iron, cushions redone and re-upholstered with white synthetic fur
...
Category
1950s Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Iron
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 herringbon...
Category
2010s American Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
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 beautifu...
Category
1920s English Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Walnut
Regency Style Cerused Faux Bamboo Bench or Chaise In Silk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful Regency style lymed faux bamboo and cane bench or chaise. It is unmarked and in very good condition, but the silk upholstery is vintage. The bolsters have stainin...
Category
1970s American Vintage Regency Benches
Materials
Silk, Cane, Wood
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
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
Regency Mahogany Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with needlepoint seat, raised on bamboo turned legs. Estate of Martin Feldstein.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Italian Regency Figural Carved Floral Upholstered Wooden Window Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Regency style figural carved floral upholstered wooden window bench. Item features faces carved to frame, solid wood frame, upholstered seat, distressed finish, nicel...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood
English Regency Stenciled and Gilt Tufted Upholstered Settee, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency stenciled and gilt tufted upholstered settee with decorative floral motif, stenciled scrolled arms, and resting on turned ringed legs rea...
Category
1780s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
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
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 1820s Regency Period Black Bench with Painted Foliage and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period small black bench from the early 19th century, with painted foliage, column legs and new upholstery. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th century, this Regency bench features a rectangular seat with bow front, newly reupholstered with a neutral toned linen fabric. The apron is adorned with painted golden foliage while the ensemble is resting on six column-shaped legs. With its Regency lines and black patina, this English painted bench...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique 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
French Regency Mahogany Upholstered Bench with Original Brass Casters Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, 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
English 1820s Regency Period Wooden Bench with Saber Legs and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period wooden bench from the early 19th century, with new upholstery, brass nailheads and saber legs. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th centu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
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
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
Wood, Upholstery
Pair of William IV Green and Gilt X-Form Benches
Located in New York, NY
Each rectangular seat with outscrolled ends upholstered in green silk velvet; raised on bronzed and gilt lotus leaf-wrapped X-form supports joined by a turned boss and terminating in...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Velvet, Wood
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
Pavilion Pineapple Stool
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A carved giltwood Regency design stool, supported by four elegant pineapple feet. Upholstered in the clients own material.
Can also be used as a coffee table, or bedroom end stool.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Benches
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
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
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
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
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
Vintage French Louis XV Regency Neoclassical Style Hoof Foot Long Window Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Regency neoclassical style hoof foot 62" long window bench. Item features solid wood construction, nicely carved details, cab...
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Down
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
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
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 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
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 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 Painted and Stenciled Floral Settee, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency painted and stenciled settee with bell flower floral swags, cane seat, upholstered silk cushion, and original brass casters. Early 19t...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
English Regency Burl Elm Bench
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style (20th Century) burl elm bench with upholstered rectangular seat on turned reeded legs with casters.
Category
20th Century British Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
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 Regence Style Painted Bench
Located in New York, 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
English Regency Style Turned Oak Handled Bench, ca. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular seat with a molded edge with two raised and turned handles, the seat raised on turned and tapering legs
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Oak
Pleated Strap Black Leather Bench
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Stylish and substantial strapped black leather and faux patinated brass plinth bench. The bench is beautiful and would add so much class to any space. It would be perfect almost anyw...
Category
20th Century Regency Benches
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Mahogany Hall Bench
Located in London, GB
Of neat Regency design, sharply cared at modest, useful proportions.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Benches
Materials
Mahogany
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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