Hollywood Regency Cabinets
The California-born style of Hollywood Regency, also known as Regency Moderne, emerged during the Golden Era of cinema from the 1920s to the ’50s. Decadent and bold, vintage Hollywood Regency furniture and interiors playfully mix colors like jewel tones and hot pinks with lacquered walls, gilded accents, mirrored surfaces and metallic finishes for maximalist spaces.
Although it involved elements of the coinciding Art Deco movement, such as a preference for clean lines, Hollywood Regency was much more opulent, inspired by glamorous movie stars and the lavish set designs for films being made in Tinseltown. Furniture designers associated with the style embraced an eclectic range of influences, including throwbacks to previous styles of grandeur, such as Rococo, neoclassical and chinoiserie, as well as materials, from bamboo dining chairs to lucite bar carts to sunburst mirrors made from gilded resin. Hollywood Regency end tables, floor lamps, chandeliers and other pieces tended to be small-scale, fitting into an overall design rather than serving as a focal point.
Interior decorator Dorothy Draper led the shaping of the Hollywood Regency style and also designed iconic pieces like the España chest, which was manufactured by Henredon. Virginia native William “Billy” Haines, a furniture designer who started as an actor, contrasted hand-painted wallpaper with Chinese ceramics and Chippendale chairs, while architect John Elgin Woolf imbued his Beverly Hills designs with theatrical details. Paul Revere Williams, a trailblazing African-American architect, was pivotal in defining the look through his commercial projects, such as the 1940s Beverly Hills Hotel and bespoke homes that mixed everything from Louis XV paneling to Georgian architecture.
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1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mirror, Wood
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Lacquer
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mahogany, Walnut
1940s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Sycamore
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mahogany, Walnut
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Silver Leaf
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Brass
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Nickel
1940s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Bronze
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Brass
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Brass
1950s North American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
1940s Spanish Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Oak
1940s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Copper
1940s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Copper
Early 19th Century French Antique Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Walnut
1960s Danish Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Wood
1940s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mirror
1940s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Cut Glass
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Brass
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Pine
1940s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Oak
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Metal
1940s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Walnut