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
Period English Regency Hardwood Recamier in Manner of Marsh and Tatham
By Marsh and Tatham
Located in Essex, MA
Period English Regency Recamier in Manner of Marsh and Tatham
Neoclassical Form with wonderful modern length. Egyptian Revival Palmette at f...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Early Pair of 19th Century English Regency Hall Chairs Attributed to Gillows
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine pair of Regency hall / side chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, with carved scallop shell backs, panel seats, raised on reeded column legs.
Circa 1820
English.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Elegant Pair of Regency Tufted Chairs with Hooved Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Pair of Regency Style Tufted Chairs with Hooved Feet, American, circa 1940s. These chairs are currently being refinished and reupholstered and can be completed in your choice...
Category
1940s American Vintage Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Regency Lounge Chairs a Pair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Pair of Regency Sty...
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Late 20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Set of 4 Early 19th Century English Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs, circa 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of four mahogany Regency style dining chairs, consisting of one armchair and three side chairs with upholstered seats. Recently upholstered.
Q...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Wooden Office Chair with Carved Back, Curving Arms and Rattan Seat
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Regency style wooden armchair from the early 20th century with carved back, curving arms and woven rattan seat. Exuding timeless elegance, this antique Turn of the Century Regency ...
Category
Early 20th Century Javanese Regency Seating
Materials
Wood, Rattan
Pair of Geo Smith English Regency Ebonized Bergére Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pairof English Regency (20th Century) ebonized and gilt trimmed bergere Armchairs with cane sides and carved lion heads on back and arms. (Reproduction of Geo Smith design) .
Category
20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Cane
Vintage Regency Cane and Wood Arm Chair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A timeless vintage Regency armchair featuring an elegant blend of cane and wood craftsmanship. The chair boasts a gracefully carved frame, a cane backrest, and a generously sized sea...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Italian Regency Style Carved Faux Bois Cerused Armchair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical Italian Regency style hand-carved faux bois armchair featuring a cerused or glazed finish. The frame has carved twig or branch motifs with an intentionally aged patina. The...
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Magnificent Vintage Armchair with Cut Velvet Upholstery
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A show stealer elegant armchair for use in the livingroom or at a fancy desk having carved mahogany shield back and curved arms with upholstered arm rests. ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Regency Seating
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
English Regency Leather Arm Chair
Located in Queens, 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
Vintage Regency Carved Faux Bois Dining Chairs - Set of 4
Located in west palm beach, FL
Bring classic sophistication to your dining space with this stunning set of 4 Regency-style dining chairs. Featuring beautifully carved faux bois frames that mimic the natural textur...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
English Regency Child Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency (c. 1820) child size mahogany open arm chair with caned seat and back.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Eight New Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
These are new traditional mahogany dining chairs. Their design was inspired by the Hepplewhite Dining chairs from the regency period...
Category
2010s Philippine Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Beautiful Set Of Six Regency Hardwood And Brass-inlaid Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this fantastic Set of Six Regency hardwood and Brass-Inlaid Dining Chairs, early 19th century, recovered in cream silk damask, the acanthus-scrolled and ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
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 ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With horizontal tablet crestrail with scrolled ends over down scrolled arms raised on saber legs, chair folds forward to form a ladder.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Other
Eight Vintage Hardwood Fully Restored Chesterfield Brown Leather Dining Chairs 8
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of eight Regency style vintage fully restored Chesterfield aged cigar brown leather dining chairs in mahogany.
An absolutely...
Category
20th Century French Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Pair Of Large Regency Mahogany Carver Armchairs
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Pair Of Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Mahogany Carver Armchairs, Of Good Bold Size, Having Well Figured Top Rails With Exceptional Carved Decoration, The Downswept Scrolling Arms Over Upholstered Drop In Seats, Raised On Elegant Bold Sabre Legs.
There are a few different theories as to where the term carver chair originates, but we rather like the simple one of a carver chair always being at the head and foot of the table and therefore occupied by the carver of the meat. Whichever way you look at it carver chairs are normally bolder, slightly larger and generally just more impressive than a normal dining chair.
Of course these days carver chairs can be used be used in many places around the home, as desk chairs, bedroom chairs or even spare hall chairs, as opposed to just being used around the dining table.
This pair of regency carver chairs...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Regency Knot and Rope Sofa
Located in west palm beach, FL
This stunning vintage Regency-style sofa exudes timeless sophistication with its beautifully carved knot and rope wooden frame. Upholstered in a striking red and gold damask fabric, ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Vintage Regency Floral Wingback Chairs - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your living space with the American style Vintage Regency Floral Wingback Chairs - A Pair. These exquisite chairs feature luxurious flor...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Feathers
Beautiful Italian 70's Regency Design Gold Plated Wrought Iron Chair
Located in München, DE
Beautiful 1970s Regency Design gold plated wrought and turned iron decorative florentine chair.
Great elaborate design with dreamlike patina. Made in...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Seating
Materials
Gold Plate, Iron
Mahogany Window Bench
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant mahogany bench known as a window bench from England.
A lovely unusual bench, as it is rare to find window benches with both raised armrests.
Superb work on the woodwork with ...
Category
20th Century British Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 6 Regency Style Dining Room Chairs
Located in Norwood, NJ
Set of 6 Regency Style Dining Room Chairs. Set of 6 fruitwood and ebonized Regency styled dining chairs. Black upholstery with off whi...
Category
1990s Italian Regency Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Two Regency Style Mahogany Armchairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Two hand-carved armchairs with reeded decoration, the over scroll and double ‘X’ pierced back above an upholstered seat, on sabre legs.
Dimensions: 24" W x 23.5" D x 34" H
Seat heig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Vintage Regency Italian Patina “Contessa” Chaise
Located in west palm beach, FL
An extraordinary vintage Regency chaise lounge. Handmade by the Patina group in Italy. Beautiful cerused wood with a linen blend upholstery. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
The...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Seating
Materials
Linen, Upholstery, Wood
Caribbean Regency Mahogany Carved Foliage Leather Sofa on Brass Casters, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Caribbean Regency mahogany leather sofa with a central serpentine and scrolled fluted back, central floral shell with flanking scrolled medallions, f...
Category
1810s Caribbean Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany Swan Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency carved mahogany swan design arm chair with nail heads and yellow leather upholstery
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Set of 4 English Regency Black and Gold Painted Cane Seat Side Chairs
Located in Queens, 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 Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Painted Faux Bamboo Side Chairs
Located in Darlington, GB
A pair of English Regency period faux bamboo side chairs. C.1820.
Retaining their wonderful original painted decoration.
With turned beech frames and traditional rush seats.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Beech
Window Seat in the Regency manner
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency gilded wood window seat, the panelled frieze inset with carved paterae, supported by a naturalistically carved ‘x’ frame base. Upholstered i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sherborne, GB
Mahogany Curule style open armchair in the manor of the design of Thomas. Hope. This attractive late 19th century chair has a moulded X frame facade with ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Regency Style Mahogany Dining Chairs
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 solid mahogany Regency style mahogany carved dining chairs with caned seats.
Category
1920s American Vintage Regency Seating
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Attractive Regency Style Mahogany Bench with Button Tufted Leather Squab
Located in North Salem, NY
This handsome well made Regency style Mahogany bench is ideal in a foyer, mudroom, the foot of a bed or used as a coffee table in a den. The seat rail is reeded along with the six tu...
Category
Early 18th Century American Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
19th Century, Pair of English Regency Lacquered Wood Chairs
Located in IT
19th Century, Pair of English Regency Lacquered Wood Chairs
The pair of chairs was made in the Regency period, around the beginning of the 19th century in England.
The wooden structu...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Italian Regence Style Giltwood Benches
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Italian Regence style giltwood benches.
These unusual three legged round Italian gilt wood benches, ottomans, poufs, or stools have graceful lines and are a vers...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Giltwood
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
19th Century Regency Period Klismos Armchair with Leopard Head Carved Armrests
By Thomas Hope
Located in London, GB
A Regency Period Klismos armchair
In the manner of Thomas Hope
Carved from oak, with the typical Klismos construction having sabre back legs, the tapering front legs turned and reeded with baluster capitals; the swooping and curved studded toprail above a scrolling anthemion-carved crossbar; the straight armrests with applied anthemion terminals held by distinctive leopard head supports flanking the caned seat.
English, circa 1815
A seemingly identical armchair can be seen at Ickworth House, acquired by the National Trust in 1956 in lieu of inheritance tax. Another variant appeared on the market, with Temple Williams Ltd, sold circa 1956 to Wilfrid Evill.
Dimensions: H: 35 in / 89 cm W: 24 in / 61 cm D: 29 in / 73.5 cm
Provenance:
[Possibly] from the Collection of the Marquess of Bristol, at Ickworth House, Suffolk.
Bristol Collection dispersed in 1956, […], Private Collection, UK.
Comparative Literature:
Joy, Edward Thomas. English Furniture 1800-1851. London: Ward Lock, 1977, pp. 58 & 83.
Hope, Thomas. Household Furniture...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
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
Vintage Regency Patinated Cast Aluminum Outdoor Dining Chairs - Set of 4
Located in west palm beach, FL
Enhance your outdoor dining experience with these Vintage Regency Patinated Cast Aluminum Chairs. Combining elegant American design with durable craftsmanship, these chairs feature i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Seating
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Aged Regency Green Leather Chesterfield Tufted Office Directors Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Regency green leather, Chesterfield tufted office chair
A good looking and well made off...
Category
20th Century English Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Beech
Vintage Regency Neoclassical Style Ram's Head Hoof Feet Club Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Regency Neoclassical Style Ram's Head Hoof Feet Club Chairs - a Pair. Item features heavy solid carved wood frames, ram's head armrests, hoof feet, shapely barrel backs and b...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Seating
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Early 18th Century French Regence Period Walnut Ratchet Wing Chair with Needlewo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century French Regence Period Walnut Ratchet Wing Chair with Needlework Upholstery
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Regency Mahogany Library Bergère
Located in London, GB
A Regency Mahogany Library Bergère
In the manner of Gillows, with outscrolled back and arms on reeded tapering legs.
Height: 103cm, ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Eight Restored Brown Leather Thomas Chippendale Chesterfield Club Armchairs 8
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of eight fully restored Chesterfield tufted armchairs with Thomas Chippendale style fret work carved legs
These chairs are a...
Category
20th Century English Regency Seating
Materials
Leather
Antique 1810 Attributed to Gillows Metamorphic Leather Library Armchair Steps
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this large and collectable fully restored Regency circa 1810-1820 metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London
This wonderful piece of English history has been on a journey of restoration, the frame has been washed back and French polished by a Victorian trained polisher, the leather upholstery is all new, it is Italian cattle hide, upholstered plain then hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed, it has a lovely rich reddish brown colour to it.
This chair is larger than any other of its type you would have seen, it is an important and extremely expensive looking thing that commands attention in any setting. You can see the same model made by Gillows currently viewed in the Victorian & Albert Museum, below is an extra from their listing.
The period 1800-1825 was a great one for ‘patent’ or ‘metamorphic’ furniture This chair, which transforms into a short set of steps for use with bookshelves, is close to a design for a ‘Library Chair’ published in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts in July 1811, which was made by the London firm of Morgan and Saunders, of Catherine Street, Strand.
They were well known for their ingenious furniture, including reading chairs with writing surfaces attached and a great variety of travelling beds...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage Regency Faux Bois Cane Dining Chairs - Set of 4
Located in west palm beach, FL
This set of four vintage Regency dining chairs showcases an elegant faux bois design paired with classic cane backs, blending natural textures with refined style. The intricate faux ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Seating
Materials
Cane, Rattan
Early 19th Century Gold Serpent Leather Chair, Estate of Patrick Nagel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920’s Gold Serpent Leather Chair. Purchased from the estate of painter Patrick Nagel.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Curved upholstered bench
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique "station bench" style curved bench with original upholstery from early 1900's.
Charming and practical for a breakfast nook or to use its design to separate an open concept roo...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
An Important Regency Giltwood Sofa
Located in London, GB
An Important Regency Giltwood Sofa
The giltwood surface showing faint lustre, the original traces of the original giltwood surface painstakingly...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Regency Style Dining Side Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Hand carved side chair with reeded decoration, the over scroll and double ‘X’ pierced back above an upholstered seat, on sabre legs.
Dimensions: 20" W x 22" D x 33.75" H
Seat - 19" H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Regency Mahogany Tub Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Each with a curved back and conforming crestrail over caning. The down swept carved arms caned as well. Raised on turned tapered legs and casters.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
Italy 18th Century Walnut Dining Armchair with Cane Sitting
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant and not usual armchair was hand carved in solid walnut, in the 18th century in the Northern part of Italy. Very pleasant decoration with the "lyre" an antique musical instrument...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Walnut
English Regency 19th Century Armchair in Oak
Located in Lomita, CA
A Regency style carved oak open armchair from England, late 19th century with a modern feel is a design tour de force. The wood has aged beautifully over time and has a lustrous patina. The chair is sturdy and comfortable.
The armchair has a rounded tablet...
Category
1880s English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Oak
Antique English Regency Upholstered Bench Long Footstool C.1820
Located in London, GB
Antique English Regency Upholstered Bench Long Footstool C.1820
Ebonised Walnut frame, with cabriole legs.
Traditionally upholstered.
In very go...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
20th Century Regency Style Leather & Mahogany Armchairs, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Handsome pair of 20th century Regency style leather armchairs, with olive-green leather upholstery and mahogany frame. They are designed with classic button tufting, armrests lined w...
Category
20th Century Regency Seating
Materials
Metal
Pair of Hardwood Gilt Metal Empire Revival Metamorphic Library Steps Armchairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of large and collectable Regency style metamorphic armchairs which converts into Library steps after the original 18th century design by ...
Category
20th Century English Regency Seating
Materials
Hardwood
4 Metal Iron Regency Maitland Smith Style Dining Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 35 3/4in W: 19 1/2in D: 20 1/4in SH: 19 1/2in
This set of 4 Metal Regency Maitland Smith Style Dining Chairs are made of the highest quality and are perfect for you ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Seating
Materials
Metal, Iron
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.