Regency Furniture
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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19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Mahogany
1880s Antique Regency Furniture
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Furniture
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
20th Century English Regency Furniture
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Regency Furniture
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
1820s English Antique Regency Furniture
Porcelain
1810s English Antique Regency Furniture
Upholstery, Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Regency Furniture
Iron
1810s Great Britain (UK) Antique Regency Furniture
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Regency Furniture
Leather, Walnut
1970s Vintage Regency Furniture
Silver Plate
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Metal
19th Century British Antique Regency Furniture
Wood
1820s English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
1990s English Regency Furniture
Upholstery, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Giltwood
1920s American Vintage Regency Furniture
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Furniture
Wood, Walnut
20th Century Regency Furniture
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Furniture
Brass
1820s Irish Antique Regency Furniture
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Rosewood
1990s Regency Furniture
Brass, Steel, Iron
Mid-18th Century French Antique Regency Furniture
Stone
Early 18th Century Belgian Antique Regency Furniture
Marble
1820s English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
Late 20th Century Regency Furniture
Leather, Hardwood
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Furniture
Mahogany
1780s Scottish Antique Regency Furniture
Brass, Steel
1880s French Antique Regency Furniture
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
20th Century Regency Furniture
Giltwood
2010s European Regency Furniture
Carrara Marble
2010s American Regency Furniture
Mahogany
Late 20th Century British Regency Furniture
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Regency Furniture
Brass
19th Century British Antique Regency Furniture
Leather
19th Century British Antique Regency Furniture
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Lead
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Wood, Pine
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Furniture
Berlin Iron
19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Marble
1820s English Antique Regency Furniture
Hardwood
1810s Scottish Antique Regency Furniture
Brass, Lead
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Brass, Iron
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Mahogany
Early 2000s British Regency Furniture
Marble
1820s English Antique Regency Furniture
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Furniture
Marble
1820s British Antique Regency Furniture
Cut Glass
20th Century Regency Furniture
Iron