Regency Desks
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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1980s Vintage Regency Desks
Walnut
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Desks
Oak
20th Century Regency Desks
Leather
1980s Vintage Regency Desks
Mahogany
1950s American Vintage Regency Desks
Brass
1950s American Vintage Regency Desks
Brass
Mid-19th Century American Antique Regency Desks
Metal
2010s Philippine Regency Desks
Mahogany
1890s Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Desks
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Desks
Leather, Walnut
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Desks
Leather, Hardwood
Early 20th Century Regency Desks
Leather, Mahogany
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Regency Desks
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Desks
Leather, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Rosewood
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Leather, Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
20th Century British Regency Desks
Hardwood, Leather
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany, Rosewood
1890s Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
1820s English Antique Regency Desks
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Brass
Early 18th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Brass, Gold Leaf
1980s Unknown Vintage Regency Desks
Walnut
1970s American Vintage Regency Desks
Fruitwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Elm
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks
Leather, Wood
1820s British Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Desks
Brass
1810s English Antique Regency Desks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Desks
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
1790s English Antique Regency Desks
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks
Leather, Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Desks
Amboyna
1810s English Antique Regency Desks
Leather, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Desks
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Rosewood
2010s American Regency Desks
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Desks
Mahogany, Boxwood, Olive, Satinwood
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Desks
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Elm
1830s English Antique Regency Desks
Leather, Satinwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks
Mahogany
20th Century British Regency Desks
Leather, Walnut