Hollywood Regency Shelves
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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1960s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Brass
1960s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal, Brass
1960s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Aluminum
1970s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Steel
1970s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Brass
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Brass, Chrome
2010s Italian Hollywood Regency Shelves
Sheet Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Shelves
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
19th Century French Antique Hollywood Regency Shelves
Ormolu
2010s Hungarian Hollywood Regency Shelves
Pine
1960s Danish Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Teak
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Shelves
Brass, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal, Brass
1960s Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal
1960s North American Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal
1960s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Metal
1960s French Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Bronze
1960s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Wicker, Rattan
1960s Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Iron
1960s Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Rattan, Glass
1960s Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Wrought Iron
1960s American Vintage Hollywood Regency Shelves
Hardwood