Regency Side 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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Style: Regency
Set of 4 Antique English Regency Dining Chairs in Mahogany w/ Upholstered Seat
Located in Miami, FL
A fine set of four English Regency dining chairs in mahogany with carved bugles resting on back chair rail below the top slat which is line inlaid, with turned front legs and saber r...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Four Very Rare Antique Regency circa 1815 Ebonsied Mother of Pearl Side Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this suite of four, exquisite, original circa 1815 Regency, Mother of Pearl inlaid, black lacquered hall sid...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique English Regency Mother of Pearl Inlay Black Ebonized Side Chair - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Regency Mother of Pearl Inlay Black Ebonized Side Chair - a Pair. Item features black lacquer finish, mother of pearl inlay, sa...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair Regency Simulated Rosewood & Leather Trafalgar Chairs, Circa 1820
Located in Norwich, GB
A pair of Regency scroll back chairs in simulated rosewood and black leather inset seats. Circa 1820.
The chairs have a rope twist turned top rail, with a carved central rail, and...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Set of 4 English Regency Black and Gold Painted Cane Seat Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 English Regency (19th century) side chairs with turned painted black and gold frames with caned seats and fan-shaped back panels.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
8 Set of ca 1820 Regency Dining Room Chairs
Located in New Haven, CT
A sophisticated set of 8 Regency Period mahogany dining chairs the Klismos Form, a Gillows Of London Design with a rolled tablet crests and intersecting curved slat backs.
Made ca ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Upholstered Slip Seat Side Chairs, 1815
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of English Regency Period faux rosewood painted beechwood Klismos side chairs inlaid with pierced brass embellishments on the center of the back rail and the corners of the crest rail. The chairs are fitted with upholstered slip seats...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Early 19th Century Side Chairs Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning pair of Regency mahogany side chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each moulded curved back with pierced fluted rail backs...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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 Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
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 Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 Outdoor English Regency Brass Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Outdoor English Regency style (20th Cent) steel and brass trimmed sleigh back side chairs with stretcher and dolphin detail.
Category
20th Century British Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass, Steel
Italian Regency Style Wrought Iron Sunroom Lattice Round Seat Chairs, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Regency style wrought iron sunroom lattice round seat side chairs - a pair. Item features a pierced lattice back, stretcher base, red vinyl upholste...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of 19th Century English White Lacquered Hall Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Regency hall chairs. The chairs are mahogany with a white lacquered finish.
Category
1840s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Eight Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs, Including a Pair of Elbow Chairs
Located in London, GB
With curved bar top rails and ebonised star decoration and inlay, with drop on seats on sabre legs.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Carved Mahogany French Regency Style Chairs with Brass Handle & Aqua Vinyl ‘A’
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Carved mahogany French Regency style chair with brass handle and aqua blue vinyl. Item features ornate brass handle, brass decorated "heart"...
Category
1950s American Vintage Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
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 Side Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood
Pair of Faux Bamboo and Taupe Leather Upholstered Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (late 20th century) faux bamboo armchairs with turned maple frames comprised of a rectangular back rail connected by vertical slats to a semi-circular b...
Category
20th Century Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Bamboo
Hand-carved English Regency-inspired American dining chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
With arms resembling English Regency and a back inspired by an Albert Hadley design, these dining chairs are designed by Jhon Ortiz and produced at his company workroom in Norwalk, C...
Category
2010s American Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Lacquer, Linen, Silk, Poplar
Four Antique Regency Bergere Mother of Pearl Ebonised Side Occasional Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of original circa 1810-1820 Regency bergere ebonised with mother of pearl inlay side chairs
A very good looking well made and decorative suite of chairs. In truth, I have never seen a suite of four before, they usually turn up as singles and are rare survivors. This suite has lovely mother of pearl inlay, some great gold leaf painting and the original ebonised finish. The seats are early rattan...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
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 Side Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Four Regency Mahogany and Ebony Armorial Hall Chairs
By Marsh and Tatham
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stunning set of four Regency period mahogany and ebony inlaid armorial hall chairs, possibly attributable to Marsh and Tatham. The backs are decorated...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Ebony
Pair of English Regency Style Brass Inlaid Oak and Cane Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency stained oak armchair with floral brass inlay pattern, carved detail, cane seat, and removable beige tufted and upholstered seat cushion.
Category
20th Century Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Rosewood Chair in the Gothic Style
Located in Martlesham, GB
A lovely quality Regency rosewood side chair in the Gothic style, the padded high back upholstered in a decorative floral pattern along with the cushioned seat, either side of the hi...
Category
1830s British Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
6 Regency Style Mahogany Armchairs with Yellow Damask Upholstery
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 English Regency style mahogany colored armchairs with yellow damask upholstered seat and back supported on faux bamboo turned legs connected wit...
Category
20th Century English Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Lovely Pair of Eichholtz Occasional Chairs Ebonized Frames Grey Linen Upholstery
By EICHHOLTZ
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Eichholtz occasional chairs with ebonized frames and grey linen upholstery
These are a very well made pair of chairs, the de...
Category
20th Century Dutch Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Very Rare Gillows of Lancaster Regency Hardwood Harpist Height Adjustable Chair
Located in GB
We are delighted to this stunning and very rare original Gillows of Lancaster Rosewood height-adjustable Harpist musician stool
A very good looking ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Beech
Set of Twenty Regency Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Each with a tablet top rail carved with anthemion on either side above a reeded horizontal splat and fluted uprights, on hessian covered seat, above turned and reeded tapering front legs. The overall design of this elegant set of dining chairs derives from designs for chairs in the Greek Revival style popularized by Thomas Hope in his Household Furniture and Decoration, published in 1807. This set of chairs was removed the Bath Assembly Rooms in Bath – a series of elegant reception rooms designed by Robert Wood in 1769 for public entertainment, such as card playing, taking tea, and dancing. During the Georgian and Regency period these rooms were the main hub of fashionable society, and Jane Austin...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Mahogany Ladder Back Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (19th century) provincial mahogany ladder back arm chairs with slip seat.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Mahogany
Pair of Regency Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of Regency mahogany side chairs.
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 4 English Regency Rosewood Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 English Regency style (19th Cent) faux rosewood painted side chairs with cane seat and brass rope design handle with balls on back and feet
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
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 Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Regency Style Gold Giltwood Spindle Chair circa 1900 Ornate Bird Upholstery
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 Regency style gold gilt wood framed chair with ornate bird upholstery
A good looking well made and decorative antique chair...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Regency Dining Chairs, Flame and Solid Mahogany Set of 6
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 6 English-made Regency dining chairs that have been masterfully handcrafted in beautiful solid mahogany and accentuated curved back in flame mahogany. The wood is from Cuba. T...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regence Fauteuils Armchairs Original Aubusson Tapestry Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
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Rare pair of the 18th century Regence period (French Regency) detailed carving fauteuils armchairs in walnut with the original Aubusson Tapestry. Wildlife hunting scenes animalier depicted such as what we see in the Chateau Château de Chasse. We can see a rooster attacking a fox in a trap in another cartouche we see a lion with a wild horse with the surrounding typical 18th century bucolic "Bucolique" Theme in the spirit of Jean-Honoré Fragonard , depicting garden scenes with verdure and flowers. Los Angeles Antiques...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Regency Mahogany Armorial Hall Chairs, with Unusual Carved Squirrels
Located in London, GB
A pair of Regency mahogany armorial hall chairs, with unusual carved squirrel details and painted shields.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
6 Hollywood Regency French Greek Key Distress Painted Orange Beige Dining Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of six Hollywood Regency Italian Neoclassical Greek key painted dining room chairs. Item features curved backs with carved Greek key top rail, distressed orange and gold finish, ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Carved Mahogany Regency Style Chair with Brass Handle and Aqua Blue Vinyl 'B'
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Carved mahogany French Regency style chair with brass handle and aqua blue vinyl (B). Item features ornate brass handle, brass decorated "he...
Category
1950s American Vintage Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Set of 4 French Regence Red Floral Aubusson Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 French Regence style (19th Cent) walnut high back side chairs with carved stretcher and upholstered red floral Aubusson seat and back.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Carved Mahogany French Regency Style Chairs with Brass Handle & Aqua Vinyl, Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of carved mahogany French Regency style chairs with brass handle and aqua vinyl. Item features ornate brass handle, brass decorated "he...
Category
1950s American Vintage Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Side Chairs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish pair of cream painted Regency slipper side chairs, having stuff over upholstery, carved scrolls to either side and raised on out swept sabre legs, terminating in brass...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Lacquer
Set of 10 French Regence Carved Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 10 French Regence style (19th Cent) white painted and carved open chairs with cane seat and back. (2 arms 8 sides)
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
French Giltwood Side Chair
Located in Miami, FL
French giltwood side chair.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Set of Four Regency Rosewood Side Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautifully detailed Regency rosewood side chairs with cheetah print cushions, circa 1810-1820. Set of four.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Set of Four Polished Nickel & Brass Regency Style Dining Chairs
Located in Danville, CA
Handsome quality set of four Nickel plated steel Dining Chairs with polished brass X splats and polished steel seat backs. The seats are freshly u...
Category
1970s French Vintage Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Steel
19th Century Regency Pair of Armchairs in Mahogany Influenced Art Deco Style
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Swedish Art Deco influenced Klismos armchairs in mahogany with inlay brass.
Category
20th Century European Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Regency Style Parcel Gilt Ebonized Side Chairs, 6
Located in New York, NY
Six Regency style parcel gilt ebonized side chairs, 20th century, the arched backrest with three central slats above an upholstered seat with tie-on cushions above square tapering le...
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 18th Century Hand-painted Adams Style Side Chairs
By Adams
Located in Nashville, TN
A pair of period Adams side chairs from the late 18th Century. Both are hand painted with foliate design and gilt accents. The original cain seats hav...
Category
1750s English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Regency side chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency side chairs 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 side chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency side chairs 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 side chairs, popular names associated with this style include Grosfeld House, EICHHOLTZ, Frances Elkins, and Gillows of Lancaster & London. 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 side chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $495 and tops out at $99,200 while the average work can sell for $2,900.
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