William IV Furniture
WILLIAM IV STYLE
It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.
Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.
Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.
William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.
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Style: William IV
William IV Waterfall Bookcase in Mahogany c1830
Located in High Peak, GB
St014 Fine quality William IV mahogany bookcase, having shaped upstand, waterfall shelf arrangement and a pair of panelled cupboard doors fitted with original working lock and a key ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of William IV Mahogany Hall Chairs
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of William IV Mahogany Hall Chairs with leaf-carved shaped backs above rounded seats; raised on ring turned tapering legs - 14.5"w x 17"d x 32"h (17" to the seat)
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,838 / set
Quality Antique William IV Rosewood Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV rosewood card/side table having a splendid figured rosewood crossbanded top which lifts up and swivels to reveal the original green baize interior, rosewoo...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$2,173 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Mahogany Side Table Circa 1860
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A handsome and versatile late William IV to early Victorian side table, crafted in solid mahogany with turned and fluted legs, dating to around 1840. This refined piece showcases the...
Category
1840s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Regency Mahogany Breakfront
Located in Essex, MA
Early 19th Century Mahogany William IV or Late Regency Breakfront. Fluted columned case with pedimented glass front four door top. Bottom with paneled doors and original lion head...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Quality Figured Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV quality figured mahogany tea table having a quality figured mahogany fold over top opening to reveal a polished figured mahogany inside, carved mahogany frieze sup...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$2,315 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English William IV Two Door Chiffonier c1830s
Located in High Peak, GB
P0315 Fine quality and very elegant English William IV, two door rosewood chiffonier, having well figured oversailing top with moulded edge and a shallow frieze below, pair of cabine...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Specimen Wood Top Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Rare 19th Century, William IV Period Occasional Table, Having Charming Octagonal Galleried Top, With Various Specimen Wood Veneers Inlaid To Unusual Pattern Design, Raised On Solid...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Yew, Amboyna
Torchère Pedestal Stand of Turned Mahogany from England (H 57)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English torchère (torchière) or column pedestal stand of mahogany - in the William IV style - featuring a moulded round top for candles or plants, turned column support, and r...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
William IV Early Davenport Chine Serving Dish 19th Century
Located in Uppsala , SE
Most attractive early Davenport china serving dish
A rare William IV period Davenport porcelain kidney shaped dish This fine piece has a shaped and ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Morning Room Chair, English, Silk Cotton, Side Seat, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique morning room chair. An English, rosewood and embroidered silk cotton side seat, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Exquisite upholstery over a beautiful...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
William IVth Mason’s Porcelain Desert Tureen or Sucrier Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Sauce Tureen or Sucrier, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A William IV Mahogany drop leaf small side table with two drawers and side hatch
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and exceptionally well looked after small William IV drop leaf side table hand carved from solid Mahogany with book matched top and drop leaves, two small drawers...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
$1,016 Sale Price
25% Off
William IV Card Table Mahogany D End Console
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV early Nineteenth Century D end card table
The tables opens to reveal a baize playing surface in good condition.
The table has a wonderful patina which is testament to its ...
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mid 19th Century English Mahogany and Leather Swivel Desk Chair
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A handsome and masculine mid 19th C. English mahogany desk chair with deeply patinated leather upholstery, brass casters, and turned spindl...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Window Seat with Scrolling Arms
Located in London, GB
A fine mid 19th century mahogany window seat with scrolling arms carved throughout with fine foliate designs, turned legs with stylized acanthus. The horsehair upholstered seat, now ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19th Century Laburnum Wood Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Unusual Mid 19th Century, William IV Period, Laburnum Wood Occasional Lamp Table, Having Superbly Figured Circular Drum Type Top, Over Three Concealed Drawers To Frieze,...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
Period William IV Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Period William IV bull's eye mirror, having a convex mirror with black reeded inner frame surrounded by molded giltwood decorated by four applied cartouches.
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Set of Six English Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs, C.1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of six English carved rosewood dining chairs, c.1850
Gorgeous mid 19th century hand carved dining chairs with drop in se...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Period William IV Dining Table Mahogany Extending 19th Century
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV mahogany extending dining table
Period William IV antique - 19th Century
We ship to every corner of the planet - including the US - please get in touch for a shipping quot...
Category
19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Side Table or Guerindon Spectacular, Spain 19th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
19th century pedestal base end table or Guerindon William IV Style
Tabletop in hexagonal shape, scalloped supported on three carved legs
The top is authentically Spanish, the base...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair rare Antique William IV Candelabra 1831 Robert Peel Prime Minister
By John Houle
Located in London, GB
A pair of magnificent Antique William IV 4 light Candelabra made in the George II Rococo Style. These Candelabra have removable Branches and are able to be converted into impressive Candlesticks. These Candle Holders are of notably large size and heavy weight.
These Candelabra are embellished with ornate flower and foliate patterns
The inscription on the base reads 'Formerly the property of Sir Robert Peel Bart. Prime Minister of England'. The Bases are also engraved with two familial Crests and a Baron's Coronet.
Made in London in 1831 by John Houle. (One Nozzle Later by James Parkes, London, 1902)
Appro. Weight - 9208g / 296.07oz
Approx. Height - 56.8cm
Approx. Width of Branches - 46.5cm
Approx. Height of Candlesticks - 36.5cm
Each Candelabra has Full English Hallmarks.
This Pair of Antique Silver...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Blue & White 10.5 Dinner Plate Whampoa Pattern
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White 10.5 Dinner Plate Whampoa Pattern
Chip on top left w touch up
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
William IV Mahogany Bracket Clock with Original Wall Bracket
Located in Norwich, GB
William IV bracket clock
Fine mahogany drum head bracket clock standing on a raised moulded plinth and resting on pad feet. Inset central fl...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Quality William IV Mahogany Freestanding Five Tier Whatnot
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV mahogany freestanding five tier whatnot with five mahogany tiers supported by four unusual, elegant shaped turned supports standing on turned feet.
A wonderful ex...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$1,519 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue & White Dish, Staffordshire English Whampoa Pattern Transfer-Printed
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White Dish, Staffordshire English Whampoa Pattern Transfer-Printed
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Antique William IV Mahogany Tea/Console Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV mahogany tea/side table having a marvelous mahogany round cornered swivel top opening to reveal a quality figured mahogany inside with a round cornered sha...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$2,053 Sale Price
20% Off
English Victorian Linen Press in Mahogany with Exterior and Interior Drawers
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A handsome Victorian linen press with six interior drawers and six dresser drawers with original working locks, and keys. French-polished mahogany with pin...
Category
1850s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Quality Antique William IV Rosewood Work Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV rosewood work box having a quality rosewood lift up top opening to reveal a storage compartment, shaped frieze and raised on a shaped pedestal column standing on a platform base with quality carved rosewood scrolled...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$1,525 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Pair of Antique William IV Quality Mahogany Console Tables
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine pair of antique William IV quality mahogany console tables having quality mahogany rectangular shape tops with reeded edges above a carved and reeded frieze supported by two mah...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$7,621 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Sphinx 1833 Felix Austin England Gargen Sculpture
Located in Munich, DE
This very impressive sphinx is fully signed and dated on the plinth 'Felix Austin 1833, England'.
This monumental sculpture is made of artificial limestone, an invention of F. Austin.
The sculpture is made for outdoors and is weather resistant.
The plinth is contemporary and custom made out painted wood.
Literature: John P.S. Davis, Antique Garden Ornament...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Blue & White Footed Bowl With Lid "Whampoa Pattern" Transferware
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White Footed Bowl With Lid "Whampoa Pattern" Transferware
Ironstone
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
An unusual William IV amboyna and oak four drawer library table by Simpson
By Simpson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual William IV amboyna and oak four drawer library table by Simpson, the rectangular top with cut corners and a shaped frieze disguising two cushion drawers on each side, rais...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Amboyna
Fantastic quality Antique William IV rosewood card table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality Antique William IV rosewood card table with a fine quality figured rosewood top that lifts up and smiles to reveal a green baize interior, super carved frieze suppo...
Category
19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Burr Walnut Double Hinged Writing Slope with Brass Edges and Inlay
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass bound and inlaid burled walnut travel desk of large size and with double hinges. The first section lifts to a vertical position with document storage in the lid, the second sec...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
English William IV Mahogany Serving Table
Located in Faversham, GB
A beautiful William IV mahogany twin pedestal sideboard or serving table in exceptional condition.
The sideboard has an inverted break centre top with a half gallery and three friez...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
$6,469 / set
Blue & White plate 8.25” Staffordshire Transferware “Whampoa Pattern”
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White plate 8.25” Staffordshire Transferware “Whampoa Pattern”
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Blue & White Tureen & Platter “India Temple” Pattern
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White Tureen & Platter “India Temple” Pattern
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Staffordshire 8.25 Plate "Whampoa Pattern" Transferware Ceramic
Located in Huntington, NY
Staffordshire 8.25 Plate "Whampoa Pattern" Transferware Ceramic
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Oak Tall Case Clock with Brass and Nickel Dial
Located in Woodbury, CT
An English long case clock with swan neck pediment and column supports. The case has inlaid quarter columns, mahogany crossbanding arch door an...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Blue & White Pitcher “ Whampoa Pattern “
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White Pitcher “ Whampoa Pattern “
HEIGHT 7.5"
DEPTH 8.25
WIDTH 6.5
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large Magnificent Antique William IV Carved Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large magnificent antique William IV carved mahogany sideboard having a beautiful shaped and moulded back with delightful applied carvings to the centre. It has a fantastic flame mah...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$6,477 Sale Price
20% Off
English William IV Mahogany Desk Chair
Located in Kent, Dover
An English William IV carved mahogany desk chair, with good patina, with a green wool seat.
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,035 / set
English William IV Style Tilt Top Walnut Center Table for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine English William IV style center table veneered in honeyed brown walnut with striking figuring at the center of a circular tilt top with a beveled edge. Raised on an elegantly ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Fine William 1v Period Rosewood Chiffonier
By King & Sons
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine William 1v Period Rosewood Chiffonier
William 1v period dates 1830-1837
Two tier shelf back with carved tulip detail,
Supported by pair Carved Swan neck shaped scroll supports,...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$1,470 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Quality William IV Mahogany Freestanding Five Tier Whatnot
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV mahogany freestanding five tier whatnot with five mahogany tiers supported by four unusual, elegant shaped turned supports standing on turned feet.
A wonderful ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$1,519 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique William IV Rosewood Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique William IV rosewood card/side table with a fantastic figured rosewood top that lifts up and swivels to reveal a green baize interior, super carved frieze supported by a ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
English Bracket Clock, 19th Century William lV Period
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century William lV period English bracket clock.
William IV mahogany bracket clock, L. H. Samuel and Co., Liverpool, circa 1830.
8 inch painted dial ...
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19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique William IV Furniture
Group of Three Framed Antique Watercolors of Birds, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty group of three 19th Century watercolors on paper of exotic birds including parrots and a toucan executed in a naturalist style, signed E A Roper, dated 1833 to 1845 and present...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Paint
Quality Pair of Antique William IV Carved Hardwood Side/Desk Chairs, circa 1830
Located in Suffolk, GB
A quality pair of antique William IV carved hardwood side/desk chairs. This pair has a very attractively carved top rail and centre splat. They have been tastefully reupholstered in ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
$1,035 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Late Edwardian Mahogany Dumbwaiter
Located in Hudson, NY
This three tired dumbwaiter made in the late Edwardian period in the style of William IV has fine details and an interesting long lean profile. The con...
Category
Early 20th Century English William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
English Brass Flanking Lion Coat of Arms Fire Place Tools on Rope Stand, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass flanking lion coat of arms fire place tools with a spiral urn bulbous finial, adjustable flanking candle holders, and resting on a stylized rope Stand. Set consists of ...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Unusual Antique William IV Quality Mahogany Child’s Armchair and Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique William IV quality mahogany child’s armchair and stand having a quality arched shaped top rail and splat to the centre of the back, shaped scrolled open arms, newly r...
Category
19th Century European Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$1,509 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique William IV Gilt Bronze Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A large, 72cm, beautiful English William IV table lamp, circa 1835 in date.
The striking lamp features the original glass receiver, classic William IV design and has been converte...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garrard & Co Antique Sterling Silver Goblet
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver goblet made by Robert Garrard II; an addition to our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique William IV sterling silver goblet has a plain bell shaped form onto a cylindrical pedestal and plain circular spreading foot with a collet rim.
The surface of this silver goblet is plain and unembellished, with an applied moulded border to the upper rim.
The underside of the goblet bears the later engraved inscription 'Bartle Henry Arbuthnot Frere, from is Grandfather, 1938'.
This antique silver goblet...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Mahogany William IV Carved Mahogany Library Console Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Handsome hand carved Mahogany library table on casters, ,1830-1840. Fine detail carving with sturdy scrolling legs united by stretcher. Dovetailed drawers. Recently French polished. ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$6,265 Sale Price
30% Off
William IV 19th century flip top side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
William iv 19th century palisander work table, circa 1830.
Made from stunning palisander with a rectangular top that rotates and flips open to form a bigger surface. Single silk lin...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Palisander
William IV Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in High Peak, GB
P071, fine quality mahogany lamp or occasional table, having tooled leather circular top raised on slander turned and carved column terminating in circular moulded base and three sha...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
1830s 7 Pcs William IV Brass and Steel Fireplace Tools on Marble Stand Set
Located in Germantown, MD
A set William IV brass and steel Fireplace tools on marble stand, Set of 7, Circa. 1830s
Set consist of a Tong, a poker, a shovel, two brass toasting forks...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Steel, Iron
Antique William IV Quality Figured Mahogany Work Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV quality figured mahogany work box having a quality figured mahogany work box with a lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of five original lid...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,835 Sale Price
20% Off
William Iv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique William IV 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, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV 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 Mason's Ironstone, Chesterfield, Paul Storr, and PIETRA DURA . 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 $130 and tops out at $121,043 while the average work can sell for $4,473.
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