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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Late 20th Century American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass
20th Century American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Burl
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1980s Philippine Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Bamboo, Rattan
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Other
1810s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Muslin, Mahogany
1970s American Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Cane, Wood
20th Century English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Birch
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1790s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Upholstery
2010s Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century North American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1970s Belgian Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Steel
1920s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Mahogany, Giltwood
20th Century French Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
2010s Philippine Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Fabric
20th Century American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Pewter
1920s European Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Regency Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Regency Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Dining Room Chairs
Wood
20th Century American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Steel
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Regency Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
1930s North American Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Pearwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Brass
1820s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Mahogany