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.
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Style: Regency
Period: 19th Century
Important George IV Rosewood Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Important and very fine George IV carved rosewood armchair, probably by Gillows of Lancaster and London, of great scale and profusely carved in the Grecian style with boldly scrolled...
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
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 Seating
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 Seating
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany Regency Period Canned Bench
Located in Montreal, QC
Mahogany Regency period canned bench resting on casters.
Provenance: estate of Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski.
This was purchased recently and will be pol...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century British Colonial/Regency Ebony Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
A 19th century British Colonial Ebony chair with carved back and feet. Caned seat with scrolled arms.
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Rattan, Ebony
Pair of French Regence Gold Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Regence style (19th Cent) walnut Armchairs with gold upholstery.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Gold
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 Seating
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Regency Mahogany Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with needlepoint seat, raised on bamboo turned legs. Estate of Martin Feldstein.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
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 Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
Large and Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Comp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and imposing Regency nautical chair made for the Alliance assurance company, the rectangular leather covered back, padded arms and seat surmoun...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Elegant 19th Century Mahogany Neoclassical Regency Style Arm Chair with Stars
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Regal Regency 19th century neoclassical mahogany and newly upholstered grey velvet arm chair having handsome brass stars where legs meet the seat and scroll arms. Brass caps finish t...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Pair of English 1830s Regency Walnut Upholstered Armchairs with Scrolling Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Regency walnut armchairs from the mid 19th century, with large scrolling arms and green upholstery. Created in England durin...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of English Regency Style Mahogany Ladders
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (19th Century) provincial mahogany ladder back armchairs with slip seats.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Red Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Regency style (19th cent) mahogany and gilt lion Armchairs with square back and red upholstery.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Klismos Armchairs after a Design by Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in London, GB
A pair of Klismos armchairs of important size
After a design by Thomas Hope
Constructed in a finely patinated Cuban mahogany, dressed with the carved Burnell family crest; rising fr...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19th Century Regency Arm Chair with Scrolled Arms, English
Located in Toronto, CA
A fine arm chair from the English Regency period in mahogany with a scroll arm. This would be a fantastic arm chair to add a bit of character to a library or to be used as a complime...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Set of Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Library Steps
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A set of Regency mahogany metamorphic library steps, this sturdy armchair unfolds to reveal four leather-inset steps which rest on the cresti...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Carved English Regency Sofa
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century carved English regency sofa with green velvet upholstery and original castors.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Foot Stools
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a unique pair of period Regency foot stools that features beautifully carved hairy paw feet and finely cast lion head side handles. The stoo...
Category
1830s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
Lovely Antique Regency Oak Carved Bergere Armchair with Lions Head Arms Velvet
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Regency Oak Bergere armchair with Lions head arms
Please note t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Velvet, Oak
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 Seating
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Regency Mahogany Library Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century Regency period mahogany library armchairs with unusual sliding action to the seat and back. The chairs having acanthus and roundel carving with reeded sc...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
English 1820s Regency Period Wooden Bench with Saber Legs and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period wooden bench from the early 19th century, with new upholstery, brass nailheads and saber legs. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th centu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Regency Serpentine Hand Dyed Restored Whisky Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored Regency circa 1810-1820 hand dyed cigar brown leather serpentine fronted Chesterfield club sofa
This sofa is as rar...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century Regency Period Cast Iron Rocking Chair
Located in London, GB
A Regency period cast iron rocking chair, having a rectangular back, with wrought iron scrolls to the arms and base. With red leather seat.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Regency Lyre Form Rosewood Library Chairs
Located in London, by appointment only
A very good pair of Regency rosewood lyre-shaped library armchairs. Upholstered in figured blue material with loose squab seat cushions, the chairs have tall shaped and curved backs ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of William IV Green and Gilt X-Form Benches
Located in New York, NY
Each rectangular seat with outscrolled ends upholstered in green silk velvet; raised on bronzed and gilt lotus leaf-wrapped X-form supports joined by a turned boss and terminating in...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
English 1820s Regency Period Black Bench with Painted Foliage and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period small black bench from the early 19th century, with painted foliage, column legs and new upholstery. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th century, this Regency bench features a rectangular seat with bow front, newly reupholstered with a neutral toned linen fabric. The apron is adorned with painted golden foliage while the ensemble is resting on six column-shaped legs. With its Regency lines and black patina, this English painted bench...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
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 Seating
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany Recamier with Flanking Lion Medallions, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany upholstered recamier with fluted scrolled inward arms, flanking lion medallions, carved molded reeded skirt, and terminating on the original winged lions paw...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Carved Oak Regency Period X-Frame Stool Possibly by George Bullock
Located in London, GB
A Regency period X-frame stool
Possibly by George Bullock
Constructed from indigenous oak--a wood typically used by the renowned cabinetmaker George Bullock--this stool of elegan...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Oak
Superb 19th Century English Regency Tufted Velvet Bench
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A true find for it's superb shape and style, an English Regency tufted bench with original horsehair stuffing, having a soft neutral tobacco taupey velvet upholstery, brass nailheads...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Velvet
Pair of Very Rare Regency circa 1810-1820 Turkey Work Armchairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1810-1820 Regency Turkey work pair of armchairs original period upholstery
A very rar...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of English Regency 1820s Ebonized and Gilt Stools with New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Regency period ebonized and gilt stools from the early 19th century, with new upholstery. Created in England during the first quarter of the 19th century, each of this pair of Regency...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood
Regency Caned Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine late-period chair made circa 1820-1830 rests on large casters in brass and the chair is deep and comfortable. Caned throughout and meant to have a loose cushion and back th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Rare English Regency Double Caned Chinoiserie Armchair with Leather Cushions
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Marvelous luxurious Regency style club or armchair having black and gold chinoiserie frame, double caned body in amazing condition, and two down filled cognac colored soft kid leathe...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
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 Seating
Materials
Mahogany, Ebony
French Regency Mahogany Upholstered Bench with Original Brass Casters Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Regency mahogany upholstered bench with serpentine skirt, foliage carved knee, and terminating on the original brass casters. Bench is covered in white muslin with horse hair ...
Category
1810s French Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
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 Seating
Materials
Wood, Beech
Stunning Suite of Six Regency Hardwood Bergere Dining Chairs Velvet Chesterfield
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime suite of six original Regency circa 1810-1820 sabre leg dining chairs
These are a very well made set, the frames are ornately carved...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Pair of 19th Century Regency Mahogany Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A matched pair of early 19th century Regency period mahogany armchairs, having paneled scroll over backs above leaf carved and lion's head crossrails. The armchairs having lion's paw...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Late Regency Mahogany Hall Bench
By Sir John Soane
Located in London, GB
In the Soanian taste, with carved and scrolling back with widely drawn fluted legs on bun feet.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Fully Restored Regency Show Framed Carved Hardwood Brown Leather Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored cigar brown hand dyed leather Regency show framed armchair
A very good looking and nicely refurbished piece. This i...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather
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 Seating
Materials
Mahogany
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 Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Regency Ebonised and Gilt Heightened Chaise Longue in the Manner of Thomas
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Fine Regency ebonized and gilt heightened chaise longue in the manner of Thomas Hope
Early 19th century Regency ebonised and gilt heightened chaise longue in the manner of Thomas Hope, the reeded show-wood frame with twin scroll ends with flower head motif and caned back, satin striped upholstery on splayed legs, terminating in lions paw foot cappings and casters. Almost certainly acquired by Rev. Daniel Shipton, during the remodelling of Crawley House, circa 1806 and by descent to his daughter Charlotte Orlebar, (nee Shipton) and by descent through the Orlebar Family, Crawley House, Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire.
Crawley House was built for Rev. Daniel Shipton in 1777 with a legacy from his wife Temperance’s family: Daniel and Temperence’s daughter and heir Charlotte married Robert Charles Orlebar in 1807 and thus the estate came into the possession of the Orlebar family. It was reworked in 1806, when the drawing room was decorated (and presumably furnished) in the Egyptian style, including the upper part of the walls divided into panel with a border of sphinxes and mummies, a scheme recorded in the surviving account book.
Surviving accounts detailing Rev. Shipton’s expenditure on the 1806 renovations and extensions at Crawley house deposited with the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, provide great detail about internal furnishings through each room in the new part of the house in turn: Library; yellow bedroom; blue room; green bedroom; dining parlour and drawing room. Many payments were made to fashionable London firms including to Wedgewood, to Parker the famous glass manufacturer, £119.2s 11ds, to Shout for Statuary, and notably, the very large sum of £915.0s. 11d to Collier the upholsterer, considering the house cost in the region of £1,000 when it was built in 1777-8, one can only presume that Collier supplied all the furniture from as-yet-unknown London...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Giltwood
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, ...
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Early 1800s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Gold
Early 19th Century Regency Pair of Hall Chairs by Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency pair of mahogany hall chairs by Gillows of London & Lancaster, the carved moulded back with centred armorial shield surmount...
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1810s Irish Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Ten 19th Century Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Set of ten rare and fine period Regency chairs in carved mahogany. Neoclassical draped form with applied ormolu mounts of Athemion and wheat shea...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Regency Period White Painted and Giltwood Armchairs
Located in London, GB
An impressive pair of early 19th century Regency period white painted and carved giltwood armchairs, in the manner of Morel and Hughes, acanthus and s...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Sublime Fully Restored Regency 1810 Sofa Brown Leather Carved Herms Statue Frame
Located in GB
We are delighted to this very rare fully restored Regency circa 1810 brown leather sofa with hand carved mahogany herms statues
A one of kind piece, thi...
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1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather
Pair of Regency Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of Regency mahogany side chairs.
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1820s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Carved Regency Style Walnut Chair with Scrolled Arms
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A lovely Louis XV chair with a framed back adorned with frieze and carved scroll with rosette on the center front apron. This beautiful large French solid walnut elbow chair has shap...
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19th Century French Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of Regency Faux Rosewood Japanned and Parcel Gilt Armchairs, circa 1810
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine pair of British Regency chairs with caned seats; the turned back has a turned crest rail; the centre oval tablet on the back is de...
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1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Rosewood
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...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Very Rare Suite of Four Regency circa 1815 Hand Painted Bergere Rattan Chairs 4
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original suite of four circa 1810-1820 Regency hand painted green with floral details bergere chairs
A very good looking well made and...
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1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Oak
Rare Set of 12 Regency Carved Mahogany Elbow Dining Armchairs Antiques Furniture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare set of 12 Regency carved mahogany elbow dining armchairs, circa 1820
All 12 chairs are armchairs. A curved bar crest rails with S-scroll carving with reeded arm supports and saber legs with slip-in seats that makes it easy to maintain and store away. Usually you can find two armchairs and the rest regular chairs but this set is very unusual and elegant. Simple in design will complement your dining table. They could be used in hallway as side chair or by a fireplace, a library. Very nice upholstery workmanship. Antique Dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood CA Melrose Ave La Cienega. For a touch of high end to your interior design a great addition to your fine furniture European...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, 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 Seating
Materials
Mahogany
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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