Regency Furniture
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.
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Item Ships From: France
Style: Regency
Small Regency period marquetry in-between chest of drawers, France circa 1715/23
Located in Paris, FR
Attractive LXIV-Regence period (1715 / 1723) in-between chest of drawers in several species of precious wood on an solid oak core. Original top in Aleppo breccia marble and original ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Minister's Desk, Regence Style, Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Minister's desk, Regence style, late 19th century or early 20th century.
Large Minister's desk with gilt bronze and gold embossed leather decoration, Regency style, late 19th centur...
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Early 20th Century French Regency Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Regence style armchairs in beech and cane. Twentieth century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean Mocqué, stamp.
Louis Cresson, in the style of.
Pair of Regency style armchairs in beech. Cane back and seat. Backrest and belt adorned with flowers, foliage and shells. Armres...
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Beech
18th Century English Regency Silver Wine Funnel by Silversmith Edward Farrell
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An interesting silver wine funnel, or strainer, made in Georgian England in the late 18th century and bearing the hallmark 'EF', thought to be Edward Farrell, a master silversmith wo...
Category
18th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Baccarat, Honeycomb Carafe, France, 1980
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb carafe with decorations of hand cut honeycomb pattern in Baccarat crystal. Stamped by the manufacture.
Excellent condition.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 21.5 x 16.5 x 12
Secure shipping.
Since 1764 Baccarat has written the chapters of its remarkable history in sparkling letters. Founded in Lorraine, by permission of King Louis XV, the world’s most famous Crystalworks has, over the ages, become a symbol of superb craftsmanship and French Art de...
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1980s French Vintage Regency Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Regency-style display cabinet
Located in Paris, FR
This beautiful pair of display cabinets is part of a rare and important Regency-style dining room set in molded, carved oak with curved sides. It served as a silver cabinet. This set...
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1920s French Vintage Regency Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of Regency-style sideboards in molded oak and marble
Located in Paris, FR
This imposing and beautiful pair of sideboards is part of a rare and important Regency-style dining room set in molded and carved oak. Breche marble top and bottom with a wooden crosspiece. This set is for sale on our website and also includes:
- a pair of silver cabinets...
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1920s French Vintage Regency Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century Pair of Gilt Bronze Baluster Candlesticks
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A fine pair of French “Flambeaux” gilt bronze candlesticks, dating from the 19th century, and crafted in a traditional baluster form. Rising from a heavy hexagonal base, each one has...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Allegory of painting, early 18th century French school - oil on panel
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French school picturing an allegory of Arts : Muse Melpomene (you can tell with her traditional attributes - grapes crown and tragedy mask), wearing antique-style clothes, is...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
French Antique Mirror Original Gilt Wood Regency Style 19th Century
Located in Buxton, GB
Beautiful Antique Mirror of French Origin
In the Regency Style, dated circa 1850
The mirror has a giltwood Frame with a Foliage & Pearl decoration to the giltwood surround.
19th C...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French Curved Regency period Commode Chest of drawers inlaid marble 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty little Regency period chest of drawers, curved on the front in inlaid native wood veneer and solid wood.
It opens with four drawers in three separate rows. The upper row ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Of Regency Style Cane Armchairs - Painted Wood - 19th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Pair of Regency style caned armchairs from the end of the 19th century. Iconic model of the Regency style, these armchairs have curved cross-shaped legs. It's armchairs are nicely an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Wood
Paper Tissue Gilt Metal Box France 1970 gold Color Regence style
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very nice Paper Tissue box, or decorative Box in Gilt Metal This box is large, was made in France in the 1970s. It has a Gold color.
Category
1970s French Vintage Regency Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large 17th century Aubusson Tapestry "Verdure" French
Located in Lyon, FR
Very big tapestry of the 17th century of the royal manufacture of Aubusson of the period "Verdure". Very beautiful work of craftsmanship for this unique p...
Category
17th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Wool, Linen
Regence style tripod giltwood stand
Located in Paris, FR
Stand or torchiere holder in gilded wood, molded and carved with shells, scrolls and acanthus leaves on a tripod base. Regency style. It can hold a torchiere or a vase.
What is a torchiere?
The word torchere is first mentioned, according to Harvard, in the dictionnaire de l'Académie in 1696, but, the author points out, the term had already been in use for more than twenty years. At first, the torchere seems to have been a large candlestick, significantly larger and sturdier than ordinary candlesticks. Towards the end of the 17th century, the torchiere included several torches. This multiplied the number of lighting sources. A little later, the torchiere was transformed into a pedestal table on which candlesticks, candelabras and girandoles were placed. Intended for the homes of the wealthy classes, the silver torchiere...
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1890s French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Large High-Quality Gilded Glazing Bead and Bevelled Mirror
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Large mirror with high-quality craftmanship. It imposes by its size but also by the quality of its manufacture. In perfect condition.
Category
20th Century European Regency Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
High-Quality Gilded Glazing Bead and Bevelled Pair of Large Mirrors
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Pair of large mirrors with high-quality craftmanship. It imposes by their size but also by the quality of manufacture. The built-in fasteners are designed so that you can hang them i...
Category
20th Century European Regency Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Louis XIV Regence Glazing Bead Mirror, Looking Glass, Engraved Glass, Italy
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful Louis XIV / Regency style glazing bead mirror
Beveled glass.
The glass is finely and beautifully etched with flowers and foliage.
Wooden structure.
Mercury mirror.
Ver...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror
Large High-Quality Gilded Glazing Bead and Bevelled Mirror
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Large mirror with high-quality craftmanship. It imposes by its size but also by the quality of its manufacture. The built-in fasteners are designed so you can hang it in portrait or ...
Category
20th Century European Regency Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Important Regency Period Tombeau Commode Stamped Jean-Mathieu Chevallier
By Jean-Mathieu Chevallier
Located in BARSAC, FR
Jean-Mathieu CHEVALLIER (1694-1768), received master in 1743
Important commode from the regency period, curved all sides, marquetry in frieze of rosewood veener.
Very rich orna...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Regency Commode Louis XV Stamped Nicolas Berthelmi, Violette, circa 1740
By Nicolas Berthelmi
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Regency style chest of drawers stamped by the cabinetmaker Nicolas Berthelmi dating from the beginning of the Louis XV period. Two "NB" stamps for Nicolas Berthelmi are on the uprigh...
Category
1740s French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Marble
Monumental Oak Fireplace, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Antique oak wood fireplace inspired by the fireplace in the Hercules Salon in Versailles Palace.
This antique Regence style fireplace was made out of carved oak wood in the late 19th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Oak
18th Century Régence Period Giltwood and Sienna Marble Console, circa 1720-1725
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
A regence giltwood console table was created in approximately 1720-1725. The later Siena marble top above a pierced carved frieze is decorated with floral swags, the bust-headed scro...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
Regency Commode in Lacquered Wood from the Maison Roméo in Paris
By Romeo Paris
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Regency commode in lacquered wood adorned with inlaid brass fillets and presenting a beautiful ornamentation of gilded and chiseled bronze. Opening with three drawers in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Mario Buatta for John Widdicomb Regency Style Ebonized End Table
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Beautiful eye-catching Regency style end table with paint decorated top and ebonized apron and legs with gilt rings, splayed feet, and brass reverse "C" stretchers, designed by Mario...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian, Neoclassical, Montgolfier, Chandelier, Glass, 8 lights, 1780 - 1820
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Wonderful and rare Italian chandelier in the "Montgolfière" - Hot Air Balloon - style dating from the end of the 18th – beginning of the the 19th century (circa 1780 - 1820).
Built around an exceptional glass column made of a single piece of glass (75 cm) which surmounts and holds a gold leaf gilded cup.
8 solid glass arms illuminate the chandelier.
At the top of the chandelier a crown of almond beads and drops forms the canopy.
The chandelier is then festooned with garlands of almond shaped beads and drops.
Garlands festoon from the top to a circular ring in the middle. The garlands then festoon from the circular ring and are attached to a central piece underneath.
This style is typical of hot air balloon and Regency chandeliers.
At the end of the 18th century, under the reign of Louis XVI, King of France, the Montgolfier brothers invented the Montgolfière.
This invention inspired cabinetmakers and decorators of the 18th and 19th centuries. Hot air balloon chairs...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Transition Style Between Two Commode, Amaranth, 19th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnificent transitional Louis XV, Louis XVI style chest of drawers from the 19th century. Very good quality amaranth veneer work. This chest of drawers opens with three drawers on t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Painted Repoussé Brass Parecloses Mirror, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rectangular beveled "parecloses" mirror with pediment, enclosed in a repoussé brass frame, painted off-white. Shell, flower and palmette motifs.
Wooden back.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antiques Style Black Wooden Feet And Beige Fabric Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Vintage design style black wooden feet with patina brass finishes and beige fabric armchair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Gilded Mirror Regency Style 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful mirror, Regency style, a transitional style between the Louis XIV and Louis XV styles. One recognizes this style with its numerous volutes, shells and leaves. A very d...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Regency Dining Chairs, Flame and Solid Mahogany Set of 6
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 6 English-made Regency dining chairs that have been masterfully handcrafted in beautiful solid mahogany and accentuated curved back in flame mahogany. The wood is from Cuba. T...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Large Louis XIV, Regency, Style Armchair, 19th Century, to be Restored
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Louis XIV, Regency, style armchair, 19th century, to be restored.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Beech
Antique Chest of Drawers Regency Amboine and Mahogany with Red Marble Tray
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Commode Regency Loupe of Amboine and mahogany, handles of drawings to valets, very beautiful marble, thick, in beak of Corbin. Rich trim. In very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Griotte Marble
Rengency-style dining table, 9 chairs and 2 armchairs
Located in Paris, FR
This beautiful table, its 9 chairs and 2 armchairs are part of a rare and important Regency-style dining set in molded and carved oak. The table includes 4 extensions of 50cm each, making a total length of 260cm (with the 4 extensions). This set is for sale on our website and also includes:
- a pair of silver cabinets...
Category
1890s French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Oak
Glazing Beads Regence Style Mirror in Silvered Brass, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazing beads Regence style mirror in embossed silvered brass and blackened wood. Rectangular shape, with edges in mercury mirror decorated with spandrels and central motifs of folia...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Materials
Brass
Regency furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Leighton Hall Furniture, Spode, and Jonathan Sainsbury. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $495,994 while the average work can sell for $3,772.
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