Regency Chairs
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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Regency
Vintage Regency Italian Burlwood Desk and Chair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic vintage 1960s Italian Secretary desk. A gorgeous burl Olive wood cabinet with chic vintage brocade lining. A charming little Tole lamp...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood
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 Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood, Paint
Ebonized Regency Wood Side Chair in Black with Stick and Ball Gold Details
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous ebonized black and gold side chair or ballroom chair. Upholstered in a peach and cream floral striped fabric, this petite chair will be great as a side chair, at a dining table, vanity, or in a great room. The spindle back is accented with gold circular carved wood pieces. It reminds us of stick and ball furniture...
Category
20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Fabric, 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...
Category
1970s Vintage Regency Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Mahogany
Pair Antique English Regency Mahogany Side Chairs, Circa 1820-1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique English Regency Mahogany chairs, Circa 1820-1830. Beautiful lines and detail with new red and gold silk upholstery.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Regency and Campaign Style Carved Eagle Chairs Att. Theodore Alexander, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is unique pair of leather Regency and campaign style carved eagle chairs attributed to Theodore Alexander. They have heraldic needed point cush...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery
Set of Six English Regency Mahogany Tufted Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary set of six English regency dining chairs crafted from mahogany. The chairs feature a rectangular tablet klismos style back rest conjoined to a generous curved seat. Upholstered with a thick seat having a golden geometric pattern fabric. The seat is supported by elegant turned legs in front and saber legs in back. The mahogany has a rich, dark finish. From an estate in San Francisco that has a similar set of 10 mahogany dining chairs...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
English Regency Scroll Armchair by Classics Furniture of North Carolina
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Regency Style Scroll Mahogany Armchair by CLASSI...
Category
1980s American Vintage Regency Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Mahogany Upholstered Arm Chairs, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A pair of Regency style armchairs in mahogany. Lacquered finish. Upholstered seat. Finish in still in very good condition. Frame Joins were reinforced under the seats and two joins a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Vintage Regency Charles Hollis Jones Python Printed Dining Chairs - Set of 6
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic set of 6 vintage Charles Hollis Jones dining chairs. The iconic high back design with acrylic and chrome legs. Chic channel tufted python printed upholstery. Super sexy. Ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Chairs
Materials
Chrome
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 Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Thomas Hope Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
An English Regency style mahogany armchair in the manner of Thomas Hope, the bowed and panel carved top rail above a saddle seat, turned armrests with lions head carved finials, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood
Ebonized and Gold Leaf Painted Regency Chairs, a Pair
Located in Wichita, KS
Lovely and unusual ebonized and gold leaf painted chairs with chinoiserie style and floral scenery. These chairs were purchased in Austria but are in...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood, Giltwood
19th century Regency Mahogany Chairs with Boulle Marquetry
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of early 19th century Regency mahogany chairs featuring inlaid Boulle marquetry and caned seats. These are museum quality and ...
Category
1810s British Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Side Chairs attributed to Morel & Hughes, circa 1815
By Morel and Hughes
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Pair of circa 1815 English Regency period side chairs attributed to renowned cabinetmakers Morel & Hughes having parcel-gilt and gilt-metal mounted rosewood 'klismos-form' frames; th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Lacquered and Mother of Pearl Inlaid Spoon Back Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Regency style spoon-back chairs. The chairs have black lacquered frames featuring an arched crest above a vertical splat with a floral mother of pearl inlay pattern flanked b...
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Pair of English Regency Style Mahogany and Parcel Gilt Klismos Armchairs
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a pair of stately English Regency style mahogany and parcel gilt klismos armchairs with fully padded upholstered back and seat, 20th century.
Category
20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood
Lovely Curved French Fruitwood Inlaid Salon or Desk Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and unusual form in a 19th century fruitwood French chair having rounded shape and open back with 3 gorgeous inlaid slats, each with a different decoration. There is meticulo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Fruitwood
Pair of Regency Style Mahogany Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
With U shaped backs and circular seats upholstered in brown leather , the backs with carved frames raised on turned legs and casters.
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Dressing Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
An unusual Regency style dressing chair. With an upholstered cushion, feather Chevron inlays and stainless steel trim and ebonized base.
Dimensions: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood
Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Side Chairs, a Pair, in the Sancsoucie manner
Located in San Francisco, CA
This pair of chairs is exquisitely styled, the chinoisery is fine and European in style.
The chairs are raised on "ballet style feet" and seem to want to dance.
The Chinoiserie decor...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood
Important Set of Eight Regency Period Mahogany Dining Chairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
This English set of eight classical Regency saber leg chairs are crafted out solid Cuban mahogany, The backs are unusually carved with a palmetto tree splat. The exceptionally craved chairs have a beautiful reeded scroll top crest rail with reeding framing a crotched mahogany center, with reeded bold scrolled arms finishing in rosettes going down to reeded saber legs and having drop in seats. This Classic set of eight Regency dining chairs...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Dining Chairs Set of 6 English Mahogany Leather Black 19th Century England
Located in New York, NY
Dining Chairs Set of 6 English Mahogany Leather Black 19th Century England. A stunning set of of 6 dining chairs made in England during the 19th Century. Frame in mahogany with gilde...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Six English Regency Chinoiserie Painted and Gilt Side Chairs, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
Set of Six English Regency chinoiserie painted and gilt side chairs with floral gilt medallions, cane seats with silk upholstered cushions, ...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Gold
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 Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four English Regency Mahogany Dining Room Chairs, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
Set of four English Regency mahogany upholstered and brass tacked dining room chairs with floral reeded cross hatching and terminating on tapered squared legs with spade feet. Set co...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mahogany Armchairs with Gilded Details, 19th Century, England
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mahogany armchairs with gilded details 19th century black leather, England. A pair of armchairs made in England during the Regency period 19th century. Frame made in mahogany...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Four Danish Régence Dark Stained and Birchwood Side Chairs, circa 1740
Located in Virum, DK
Four Danish Régence dark stained (3) and birchwood (1) side chairs, circa 1740.
Category
Mid-18th Century European Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Birch
Pair of English Regency Mahogany Reeded and Upholstered Armchairs, Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English Regency mahogany upholstered seat armchairs with carved reeded diamond form splat backs, foliate medallions, incised scrolled...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Black Lacquered and Cane Seat Armchairs, Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English Regency black lacquered arm chairs with a carved spiral ringed bulbous crest, flanking filigree splat backs, sweeping carved scrolled arms, cane hole seats, and termi...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Pine, Lacquer, Cane
Hamilton Chair by Dragonette Private Label
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Hamilton chair, an over-scaled, rather traditional chair all dressed-up and ready to go with legs inlaid with brass, and finished with a sabot. This item is fully customizable.
...
Category
2010s American Regency Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Bergères
Located in North Miami, FL
Beautiful pair of Italian painted and gilded bergères, circa 1940. Grand scale and elegant design. Beautiful combination of natural wicker and distress...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wicker, Wood
French Regence Gold Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Regence style (19th century) walnut armchairs with gold upholstery.
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Pair of French Carved Walnut Regence Style Fauteuils
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully carved pair of French Regence style armchair frames in walnut from the 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Chairs
6 Yellow Painted French Regency Louis XVI Style Carved Dining Room Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful set of Vintage French Louis XVI or Regency Style Original Yellow Painted Dining Chairs with Finely and Ornately Carved Solid Wood Frames. The set consists of 2 Armchairs an...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Regency Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Paint, Wood
Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With horizontal tablet crestrail with scrolled ends over down scrolled arms raised on saber legs, chair folds forward to form a ladder.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Other
Armchairs English Set of Four 19th Century England
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs English Set of Four 19th Century England. A set of 4 armchairs made in England during the Regency period 19th Century. Frame made in mahogany wit...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Ten English Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs With Leather Seats, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
Set of Ten English Regency mahogany dining room chairs with carved molded edge rails, tapered circular splat backs, removable leath...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Giltwood Side Chair
Located in Miami, FL
French giltwood side chair.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Large French Regence Period Fauteuil with Elaborate Carving, circa 1720
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Regence period fauteuil with elaborate carving, France, circa 1720.
Category
1720s French Antique Regency Chairs
English Regency Upholstered Armchair with Painted and Gilt Wood Legs on Casters
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English early 19th century period Regency armchair features a new muslin upholstered curved back, seat with cushion and arms over four exquisite short painted legs with gilded accents. The front two legs are tapered and decorated with gilded stylized acanthus leaves with rosettes on the knees. The gilt accented seat rail leads the eye to the short saber legs supporting the back. The chair is raised on casters, allowing it to be moved easily. This elegant English Regency chair...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Muslin, Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood
Vintage Regency Tipped Lounge Chairs - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Indulge in classic American luxury with this sophisticated pair of Vintage Regency Tipped Lounge Chairs. Featuring elegant lines and refined detailing, these chairs exude timeless ch...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Baker Historic Charleston Black Lacquer Chairs
Located in Toledo, OH
This beautiful pair of regency style chairs are part of the Baker Historic Charleston Collection. These pieces are in excellent vi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Lacquer
English Regency Style Curule-Form Armchair with Greek Key Relief
Located in San Francisco, CA
The open back with carved Greek Key rail above reeded downscrolled arms with foliate carving; all raised on Curule form legs joined by turned stretchers.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Late Regency Rosewood Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Each with bamboo turned spindle backs and carved down scrolled arms with decorative spindle supports, wood seat rail with loose cushion seat and back raised on turned tapered legs ending on casters. Provenance; Newel Galleries.
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Regency chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, England, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include and Niermann Weeks. 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 chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $335 and tops out at $51,812 while the average work can sell for $3,674.
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