Regency Cabinets
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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Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Cabinets
Glass, Oak
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Glass, Wood, Pine, Paint
19th Century British Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Cabinets
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
1930s British Vintage Regency Cabinets
Rosewood, Satinwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Rosewood
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Antique Regency Cabinets
Oak, Pine
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Mahogany, Pine
1820s British Antique Regency Cabinets
Glass, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century English Regency Cabinets
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Regency Cabinets
Mirror, Pine
Mid-20th Century American Regency Cabinets
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Wood
1910s Vintage Regency Cabinets
Wood
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Cabinets
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
1820s British Antique Regency Cabinets
Walnut
20th Century Unknown Regency Cabinets
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Cabinets
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Marble
1990s American Regency Cabinets
Ebony
1790s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Cabinets
Boxwood, Walnut
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Cabinets
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Regency Cabinets
Wood, Paint
1880s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Pine
Late 20th Century American Regency Cabinets
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Ormolu
1950s Italian Vintage Regency Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Pine
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Marble
1820s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Wood
1810s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Cabinets
Wood
1980s Vintage Regency Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Birch, Pine
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
1830s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Rosewood
1810s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass, Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Cabinets
Boxwood, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
19th Century British Antique Regency Cabinets
Metal, Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Rosewood
Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Silk, Giltwood, Amboyna
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Cabinets
Carrara Marble
19th Century British Antique Regency Cabinets
Wood, Glass, Mahogany
1790s English Antique Regency Cabinets
Glass, Satinwood, Yew
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Cabinets
Brass