Regency Coffee and Cocktail 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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Mid-20th Century European Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass
20th Century Unknown Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
20th Century Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
1830s English Antique Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1920s Vintage Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Mexican Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century American Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s American Vintage Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass
2010s Mexican Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Tôle
20th Century Unknown Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Metal
1950s Spanish Vintage Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1970s American Vintage Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1820s English Antique Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Antique Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany