Regency Seating
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
Returnable Items Only
French Giltwood Side Chair
Located in Miami, FL
French giltwood side chair.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of English Regency Style Rosewood Faux Bamboo Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency-style (19/20th Century) rosewood faux bamboo carved armchairs with open and filigree-carved backs (PRICED AS Pair) (Mat...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Rosewood
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 Seating
Materials
Brass
English Regency Rosewood Loveseat
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style (19/20th Cent) rosewood faux bamboo carved loveseat with open and filigree carved back (See also matching Pair of armchairs: 012351)
Category
Early 20th Century British Regency Seating
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Rosewood
English Regency Leather Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency mahogany tub form library style arm chair with a brown leather upholstered seat and back having brass nail head trim.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather
English Regency Style Canopy Library Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) hooded mahogany library arm chair with adjustable chaise attachment and leather cushion.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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 Seating
English Regency Wicker Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style (19th Cent) Brighton design natural wicker round back arm chair with hour glass base.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wicker
Regency Period Carved and Yellow Upholstered Chaise Longue
Located in London, GB
Constructed in simulated goncalo alves, rising from addorsed castor shod sabre legs decorated with finely carved Graeco-Roman palmettes, with similar tablets over; the back rest of ‘...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
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 Seating
Materials
Rosewood
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 Seating
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 Seating
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 Seating
Materials
Bronze
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 Seating
Materials
Muslin, Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood
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 Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
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 Seating
Materials
Brass
English Regency Hourglass Wicker Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style (19/20th Cent) natural wicker arm chair with hour glass base and cane seat.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wicker
Set of 20 Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Each with a scroll-carved crestrail over a carved palmette splat and a drop-in seat. Raised on front and back saber legs.
Armchairs:
33 ½" high, 22" wide, 19 ½" deep
Side Chairs:
3...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Regency Style Upholstered Walnut Club Chair
Located in New York, NY
19th century English Regency style club chair with curlicue arms and a rounded high back with cream upholstery and a partially exposed walnut frame.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
English Regency Cushioned Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Regency Brighton design bamboo arm chair with filigree design and a cane seat under a cushion with a stretcher (AS IS-filigree modified) (similar to Inv. #036706)
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Bamboo, Upholstery
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 Seating
French Regence Faux Tiger Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
French Regence style (19th/20th C) carved walnut open arm chair with faux tiger upholstered seat and back.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Set of 12 English Regency Green and Gilt Damask Upholstered Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English Regency style (20th Century) parcel gilt & green painted open dining arm chairs with crest rail & seat on saber legs (8 upholstered in red damask, 4 upholstered in ...
Category
20th Century British Regency Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
English Regency Maroon & Gold Star Récamier
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) mahogany and brass inlaid roll arm récamier with maroon and gold star design upholstery.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
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 Seating
Materials
Cane, Wood
English Regency Style Rosewood Chaise
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) rosewood chaise with swirl and finial design with rust color upholstery.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Rosewood, Upholstery
English Regency Lattice and Red Upholstered Settee
Located in New York, NY
English Regency ebonized settee with painted and gilt trim and pierced back with lattice design with square arms and tapered legs with an inset upholstered seat
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Seating
Materials
Cane, Paint, Wood
Theodore Alexander Regency Mahogany Arm Chair Metamorphic Library Steps Ladder
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional English Regency inspired metamorphic library step ladder by Theodore Alexander. Features a mahogany frame with a contoured back over scrolled arms and a leather seat. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Office Chair Swivel Arm Chairs 1930
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Regency Revival Mahogany Swivel Office Chair.
Circa 1930
This Office Chair Standf Upon Shaped and Fluted Legs with Brass Castors.
The Arm Supports Being of a Shaped Form.
The Chair H...
Category
1930s Vintage Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
VINTAGE FULLY RESTORED DEEP CIGAR BROWN LEATHER CAPTAINS DESK OFFICE CHAiR
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored vintage Regency style carver desk armchair in hand dyed brown leather
Please ...
Category
20th Century English Regency Seating
Materials
Leather
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 Seating
Materials
Oak
Emanuel Morez Regency Cherry Wood Chadwick Armchairs, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Neoclassical or Regency style Chadwick dining armchairs
By Emanuel Morez
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Carved cherry wood frames, with damask upholstered seats a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry
Emanuel Morez Regency Cherry Wood Chadwick Dining Armchairs, Set of Six
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of six Neoclassical or Regency style Chadwick dining armchairs
By Emanuel Morez
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Carved cherry wood frames, with damask upholstered seat...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry
Vintage Modern Cane Back Dining Chairs- set Six
Located in Trenton, NJ
Embrace the timeless elegance of mid-century design with this set of six Harvey Probber-style cane back dining chairs, which includes two distinguished armchairs and four sleek side ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Cane, Wood
English Regency Tightback Loveseat or Settee, 1820s
Located in South Salem, NY
Experience the elegance of the English Regency era with this exquisite early 19th-century fruitwood square back loveseat. Adorned with classical sloping arms and a meticulously craft...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Regency J. Gattuso and Sons Balloon Back Dining Chairs - Set of 8
Located in west palm beach, FL
A spectacular set of 8 vintage a Regency dining chairs. Made by the J. Gattuso and Sons group. Done in the manner of Maison Jansen. A beautiful balloon back shape with beautiful hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
6 Baker Regency Klismos Style Carved Mahogany & Ebonized Greek Key Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Beautiful set of 6 dining chairs by Baker Furniture, circa last quarter 20th century. Inspired by English Regency and Klismos styling. Features a mahogany frame with carved ebonize...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Regency Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style carved and gilt armchair, the rectangular "X" back with a mahogany panel, the caned seat with a tie-on cushion, on turned and fluted legs.
Dimensions: 22.5" W x 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Regency Beige Chair
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chair from around 1900.
The furniture is in very good condition, the seat and backrest have been covered with a new fabric.
Dimensions: height 88 cm / seat height 46 cm...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Emanuel Morez Regency Cherry Wood Chadwick Dining Armchairs, Set of Eight
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of eight Neoclassical or Regency style Chadwick dining armchairs
By Emanuel Morez
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Carved cherry wood frame...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry
Vintage English Regency Black Lacquer & Gold Painted Occasional Caned Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
English Regency style black lacquer arm chair with cane seat and back. Features golden ribbed trim, a Greek key apron, stringing, leaf paintings and a pair of griffins...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Cane, Hardwood, Lacquer
Midcentury Regency Mahogany Leather Seat with Cane Back Armchair
Located in Germantown, MD
Midcentury Regency Mahogany leather seat with cane back armchair in great condition. Very comfortable. Seat is very firm and has been reupholstered down the road.
Measures 24" in wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Cane, Mahogany
Midcentury Baker Furniture Regency Style Black Lacquered Frame Settee
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Midcentury Baker Furniture Regency Style black lacquered frame settee. Serpentined Lumbar Style Backrest with Caning in the Center. Rolled ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Wood, Cane, Paint
Regency Side Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
A carved and gilt side chair, the rectangular "X" back with a mahogany panel, the caned seat with a silk tie-on cushion, on turned and fluted legs. The original Regency after Thomas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Early 19th Century English Parcel-Gilt Armchairs Attributed to Gillows
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning set of neoclassical ebonized and giltwood chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London and inspired by the forms of Regency designer George Smith. These chairs are identical to a set supplied by Gillows to Colonel Hugh Mongomerie, Earl of Eglington, for his house, Coilesfield, one of the great lost Regency houses...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
Set of Four Regency Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
With pierced crest rail with looped carved rope form decoration over a splat formed as a double triangle with oval center ring , scrolled arms, newly caned seats raised on circular t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
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 Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare Early 19th Century Regency Burr Yew Bergere Armchair
Located in London, GB
An unusual early nineteenth century Regency Period burr yew wood leather upholstered bergère armchair of generous proportions, the back flanked with carved acroteria, the scrolling a...
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
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 Seating
Materials
Rosewood
Late Regency Rosewood Chaise Longue
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood chaise longue, with acanthus carved scroll terminals and arms, on boldly gadrooned tapering legs with the original brass ...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Regency seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency seating 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 seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency seating 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 seating, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Chesterfield, Jonathan Sainsbury, 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $309 and tops out at $126,413 while the average work can sell for $3,828.
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