Regency Dining Room Chairs
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Other
1820s Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1820s Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Other
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Hardwood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1850s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Walnut
18th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Silk, Wood
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
20th Century English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
1970s Belgian Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Steel
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1920s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
20th Century French Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Fabric
1820s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary European Regency Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Pearwood
1820s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Rosewood
1830s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Beech
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Rattan, Hardwood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Hardwood
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
1810s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1950s British Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood