Regency Shelves
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
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Étagère
Located in Bradenton, FL
English Regency Mahogany Ètagére with four display shelves and a bottom drawer. Features
traditional turned posts and legs on original brass castors. Dating from the first half of th...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
A Pair of Regency Style Rosewood Bookcases With Adjustable Shelves
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning pair of custom made Regency style rosewood veneered bookshelves with ebonized trim. With five adjustable shelves each.
These handsome shelves are beautifully made by a mast...
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Mid-20th Century American Regency Shelves
Materials
Rosewood
Jonathan Charles Pair of Burlwood & Embossed Leather Etageres Bookshelves
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Great looking pair of versatile burlwood and embossed leather etageres or shelves having bottom drawer and 2 shelves with pierced brass upper gallery.
38.5 h to gallery top 37 h to ...
Category
2010s American Regency Shelves
Materials
Leather, Burl
Set of mid 19th century mahogany library steps
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Set of mid 19th century mahogany library steps circa 1850.
Good quality set of library steps. 3 steps each finished in brown leather with gold tooling. Top step with brass knob ope...
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1850s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Mahogany Bow Front Display China Cabinet by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This a traditional mahogany bow front display or china cabinet with two doors by Leighton Hall. It features a delicately bowed front shape. The cabinet features two bottom doors with...
Category
2010s American Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Mahogany Trolley
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century English Regency Mahogany Trolley / Etagere with 4 Shelves & Lower Cabinet Door
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Wood Regency Style Four Tiered Display Etagere
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English Regency style mahogany wood four tiered display etagere with single drawer below lowest shelf. The display etagere features four turned ball finials at each corner of upper g...
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Early 20th Century English Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Regency Mahogany Waterfall Bookcases
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
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A smart pair of Regency mahogany waterfall open bookcases, with low gallery to the top shelf and bow cent...
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1820s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Circular Three Tier Folding Dumbwaiter Etagere Brass Castors
Located in Stamford, CT
A lovely 19th century English Regency mahogany three tiered etagere or dumbwaiter with three circular shelves that fold. The central turned support resting on a tripod base of three ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Regency Six Tier Etagere Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style six tier etagere bookcase with X frame supports, carved finials and a lower two drawer shelf.
Dimensions: 22" W x 10" D x 73.5" H.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Shelves
Materials
Wood
19th Century Rosewood Three-Tier What-Not
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Rosewood three-tier what-not. The top shelf is surmounted with a brass gallery rail and carved cockbead detail to the edges. The whole piece stands supported by four fin...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Italian Burl Olive Wood Bombe Style Drop Front Secretary W/ Hutch Shelves Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian burl olive wood bombe style drop front secretary w/ hutch shelves mint!
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Shelves
Materials
Burl
19th Century English Regency Carved Mahogany Hanging Shelf
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century English Regency mahogany hanging shelf with three tiers supported by carved fretwork sides depicting stylized birds. A handsome and...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Two Drawer Bevan Funnell Flamed Hardwood Dwarf Open Library Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage Bevan Funnell dwarf open library bookcase in flamed mahogany with twin drawers
...
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20th Century English Regency Shelves
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Regency Burnt Bamboo Hall Tree
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Regency hall tree. Chic burnt bamboo with hand painted panels. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Regency Shelves
Materials
Bamboo, Paint
Antique 19th Century Regency Mahogany Two Tier Dumbwaiter
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th century Regency mahogany two tier dumbwaiter with two drop flaps to each tier, supported by a turned column with three reeded sabre legs.
Dimensions:
H 86.5 x W 62 x...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Other
Vintage Billy Baldwin Brass Etagere With Green Lacquered Shelves
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage brass Billy Baldwin etagere with five dark green lacquered shelves.
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Tall American Mahogany Thomasville Display Cabinet Unit of Regency Manner
By Thomasville
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
An impressive American Thomasville display cabinet in the Regency style. A narrow tall unit with good detailing in a beautiful warm mahogan...
Category
Late 20th Century British Regency Shelves
Materials
Hardwood, Softwood
Regency Twisted Metal Rope 4 Tier Glass Shelf Etagere
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing vintage regency 4 tier glass shelf Etagere. Features a twisted metal rope pagoda frame.
Category
1990s Regency Shelves
Materials
Metal
Wide Painted Etagere
Located in Westwood, NJ
English Regency style three-tier wide painted etagere, capturing the essence of old-world drama and modern luxury. Black lacquered, the solid hardwood ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Shelves
Materials
Metal
Pair of Fine Antique Regency Hardwood Brass Gallery & Marble Dwarf Bookcases
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of original Regency circa 1810-1820 mahogany open library bookcases with Italian marble tops surmounted with brass gallery rail...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mahogany Folio/Plan/Chart Stand
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptional quality early 19th century mahogany folio stand the two leaves adjustable for angle by pulling on the two decorative cords to disengage the ratcheted mechanism. The ce...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Rosewood and Walnut Silent Butler Serving Table Shelf circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
English Regency period rosewood and walnut silent butler serving table with shelves, a brass gallery around the top, and a single drawer.
Retains...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Rare and Unusual Regency Etagere
Located in Folkestone, GB
A fine and rare Regency three tier Etagere attributed to GILLOWS constructed in Gonçalo Alves (Tigerwood), with each shelf edged in close bead-work. The top tier with three-quarter f...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Rosewood Whatnot
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Regency four-tier whatnot; elegant turned pillars surmounted by small finials; lovely variegated rosewood and a single drawer at the bottom; fine original condition.
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Rosewood
Brighton Pavilion Étagère
Located in Westwood, NJ
Inspired by the Regency style from the Brighton Pavilion, the four-tier Neo Classic étagère is rife with broader global influences. Like the molded pagoda cornice or the spiral colum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Shelves
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century English Mahogany Four Tiered Etagere
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Wonderful 4 shelf antique English Mahogany etagere with original brass castors. Excellent condition and high quality, pre machine age all hand cabinet ma...
Category
1840s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Period Walnut Four Tier Étagère, Circa 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
English Regency Period walnut four tier étagère, Circa 1820. Faded walnut with an unrestored oxidized surface. Very fine / delicate turnings with ball finials on the top. Fitted with...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Regency circa 1810 Gilt Bronze and Hardwood Sheet Music Stand Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for this stunning original Regency circa 1810-1820 gilt bronze finish with mahogany shelves and brass gallery rail sheet music stand
A very good looking...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany and Brass Plate Trolley
Located in Essex, MA
Circular with a lower conforming wider shelf all on a turned columnar post, with brass gallery plate holders and a pair of cutlery holders, raised on sa...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Antique English Whatnot
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality English regency period 19th
century rosewood whatnot of unusual shape having
three well figured tiers united by elegant silhouette
end supports over one mahoga...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Mahogany 19th Century Rising Top Whatnot
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A superb quality Regency period mahogany whatnot
Having four well figured tiers and adjustable top with
Turned upright supports over one frieze drawer raised
On turned legs with original brass castors
(A very elegant and good quality 19th century whatnot...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Restored Regency circa 1810 Revolving Hardwood Library Bookcase with Faux Books
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very fine, highly collectable original Regency circa 1810 revolving library bookcase in mahogany with leather faux books
If you are looking at this ...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century Mahogany Waterfall Bookshelves with Panelled Doors
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century Regency period well figured mahogany waterfall bookshelves, having galleried tops above beaded edged graduated shelves, above pleated panelled doors with...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Quality Open Bookcase, Regency Period, Early 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A fine quality Regency period open bookcase, with three shelves.
The supports in form of scrolls, the base decorated with carved sphinxes all raised on a...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Wood
Italian 19th Century Regency Style Rustic Walnut Wood Open Shelves Bookcase
Located in Firenze, IT
This multifunctional display cabinet with open shelves shows the rustic and simple line typical of Florentine 19th Century piece of furniture. This amazingly useful and functional pi...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Regency Period Mahogany Revolving bookcase, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Regency period mahogany revolving circular free standing bookcase, having three graduating tiers each with dummy books, raised on a tri...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Etegere
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany three tiered three drawer etegere with original ebonized knobs and original turned bulbous legs. Dealers please call ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Regency Shelves
English Regency Period Mahogany Étagère or Library Stand, circa 1815
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Elegant English Regency period, circa 1815, étagère or library stand of unusual form having solid mahogany construction with top platform on turned colonette-form supports with ball turned finials above single door locking cabinet with real leather-bound book spine veneer above lozenge band of boxwood inlay on bulbous turned feet. Book spines are 'Dickens Works...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th C English Regency Mahogany Library Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
An early 19th century Channel Island library bookcase or étagère features solid mahogany turnings, three shelves, a finished scalloped gallery, and two drawers on four bun feet wit...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Antique English Mahogany Etagere or Stand with Shelves
Located in London, GB
A fine Étagère'of the Regency Period
Constructed in a well figured and patinated mahogany, with brass accents; rising from four ‘hairy paw’ feet, the three main tiers having radiu...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Superb Regency Display Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A truly refined ebonized piece with gilt appointments and exquisitely fine inlays.
Fashioned in two parts with fine proportions.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Wood
English Regency Style Bamboo Etagere with Lacquered Panels
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) bamboo and lacquered etagere cabinet with inlaid panels on 2 front doors and drawer and detailing.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Bamboo, Paint, Bone
Caribbean Regency Mahogany Four-Tier Reeded Bookshelf, Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
Caribbean regency mahogany four tier bookshelf with turned bulbous stylized acorn finials, reeded ringed side columns, cross hatching with centered f...
Category
1810s Caribbean Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Mahogany Four-Tier Whatnot
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th century mahogany four-tier whatnot with fluted square columns, the top section with turned finials, the bottom section having a cupboard with a lockable single door, circa...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Mahogany Regency Style Carved Griffin Bookcase Curio Stands Horner Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Pair of Mahogany English Regency Style Carved Winged Griffin Whatnot Curio Stands in the R.J. Horner Style. The pair features finely detailed full figure...
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Four-Tier Server
Located in Dallas, TX
Regency Style Four-Tier Server,
on reeded column legs
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Shelves
English Regency Book Matched Mahogany Bookcase with Tiered Shelving, C. 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency book matched mahogany bookcase with three tiered shelving, cross hatching, turned bulbous ringed columns with urn finials, wooden k...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Bamboo Etagere
Located in Westwood, NJ
A regency-style bamboo etagere crafted from walnut and given our dark-aged tobacco finish. It includes fixed shelves and two drawers for storage.
Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Regency Shelves
Materials
Wood
Regency shelves for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency shelves 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 shelves created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency shelves 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 shelves, popular names associated with this style include Bevan Funnell Ltd., Billy Baldwin, Leighton Hall Furniture, and Thomasville. 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 shelves differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $971 and tops out at $32,500 while the average work can sell for $3,938.
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