Regency Center Tables
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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1820s British Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
Early 20th Century English Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Ebony, Oak
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Elm, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
1840s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Stone
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Regency Center Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble
1820s British Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany, Giltwood
20th Century English Regency Center Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble
1810s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
1980s American Vintage Regency Center Tables
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Ormolu
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Giltwood
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Center Tables
Brass
19th Century Antique Regency Center Tables
Agate, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Porphyry
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Center Tables
Ebony
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Center Tables
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Regency Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Regency Center Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Ebony, Rosewood, Giltwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Ormolu
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Center Tables
Rosewood, Ebony
1840s Indian Antique Regency Center Tables
Padouk
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble, Other
1810s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Rosewood
1830s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
1830s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
1820s English Antique Regency Center Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Other
1980s French Vintage Regency Center Tables
Slate, Brass, Wrought Iron
1820s Irish Antique Regency Center Tables
Amboyna
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Regency Center Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
2010s North American Regency Center Tables
Paint
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Center Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood