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.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Tilt Top Mahogany Banded Rosewood Round Breakfast Table Single Pedestal Base
By Baker Furniture Company, Heritage Furniture, Drexel, Heritage-Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tilt Top Mahogany Banded Rosewood Round Breakfast Game Table Single Pedestal Base MINT!
Mahogany, Rosewood
English Regency Period 1820s Mahogany Guéridon Table with Pie Crust Tray Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period mahogany guéridon table from the early 19th century, with pie crust tray top, tripartite shelf and hoofed feet. Created in Eng...
Brass
$2,250 / set
Pair of Round Regency Style Side Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of gold painted metal gueridons with hoop ring details and curved legs. Great patination throughout.
Steel
Italy Early 19th Century Regency Walnut Inlaid Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant inlaid side table has the openable top, to contain, in the past, the sewing accessories. Finely inlaid in oak tree and larch, coming f...
Oak, Walnut
$2,807Sale Price|20% Off
Italy Early 19th Century Table with Solid Ebonized Walnut Foot Inlaid Walnut Top
Located in Brescia, IT
Elegance, charming, beauty, are the adjectives to attribute to this tea table or side table, handmade in the Northern part of Italy, Lombardia, in the Early 19th Century. The walnut ...
Walnut
Pietra Dura Specimen Marble and Figural Bronze Center Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
!9th century Regency Pietra Dura specimen marble and figural bronze gueridon center table. Italian Pietra Dura center medallion on specimen marble top seated on a french patinated br...
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, B...
Baker Furniture Style Regency Burl Wood & Brass Marble Top Guéridon Side Tables
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Regency or Neoclassical style guéridons, pedestal side tables, or plant stands In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa Mid-20th Century Burl wood, with bamb...
Marble, Brass
Small Mahogany Tripod Table Circa 1800
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant English pedestal table in solid mahogany circa 1800 Small model, unusual since it is smaller and lower than usual Small model which has a superb solid mahogany top with a be...
Mahogany
English Regency Period Fruitwood Guéridon Side Table with Pierced Brass Gallery
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period fruitwood guéridon side table from the 19th century with pierced brass three-quarter gallery, turned pedestal and tripod base. This exquisite English Regenc...
Brass
Regency Style Maison Jansen Steel Brass & Glass Round Gueridon Side Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classically elegant round small side table or French gueridon made of steel with brass rams head embellishments and hoof feet in the sophisticated Maison Jansen style.
Brass, Steel
English Leather-Top Center Table in Cuban Mahogany
Located in Chireno, TX
English leather-top center table in Cuban mahogany. Leather-covered top. Original mercury-gilt brass trims the top's decorative edge. Leather surface is hand-tooled and gilded. Base ...
Gold Leaf, Brass
English Regency Period 19th Century Mahogany Side Table with Grey Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period mahogany side table from the 19th century, with grey veined marble top, carved pedestal, tripod base and brass lion paw feet. Created in England during the ...
Marble, Brass
1970s Ram's Head Iron & Leather Gueridon Side Table with Embossed Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Handsome ram's head tripod drinks table with grey leather embossed top.
Iron
Pair of Regency Style Side Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
Regency style side table with a wooden gallery top, molded edge, with a pull-out slide about a lower shelf with drawer and turned legs all in ...
Wood
Louis XVI Gilt Bronze and Marble Gueridon Table
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th/19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze and Marble Gueridon Table
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Round Table or Gueridon of Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French round table or gueridon in the Empire style, featuring a circular top of figured black marble (25.5" diameter), set upon a tripod column support of mahogany with or...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Vintage Round Accent Table with Marble Top and Giltwood Base
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marble side or occasional table features a round marble top and a hand-carved wooden base painted gold.
Marble
French Gueridon or Round Table of Flame Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French guéridon or round table from the 19th century - a beautifully figured and turned central column of flame mahogany supporting the circular figured marble top, set upon a...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Pair of Side Tables Black Metal Frame and Ceramic Tops by Dalo
By Dalo
Located in Paris, FR
One of a kind Pair of gueridons / side tables with removable black enamel faces ceramic tops by Dalo (on black metal feet by French designer Quentin Aimable.)
Ceramic
$2,450
H 29.5 in Dm 27.5 in
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Round Tilt-Top Table in Painted Finish, Circa 185
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful mid-19th century Swedish round table reflecting the refined simplicity of the timeless Gustavian tradition. The circular top rests on ...
Wood
Coco Chanel Round Corn Side Table 1950s
By Coco Chanel
Located in Munich, DE
A truly eye-catching original gold-plated metal coffee table. Fashioned in the shape of a wheat sheaf bound by string and a perfect round glass top embossed in a golden metal rim. Th...
Metal
Oak Top and Ceramic Table Gueridon Signed by Dalo
By Dalo
Located in Paris, FR
Black enamel ceramic "round face" pedestal table with oak top and base. One of a kind by French ceramicists Dalo, 2021 Dalo is a shared signature used by two contemporary ceramis...
Ceramic
19th Century French Empire Style Mahogany Pedestal Side Table W/ Marble Top
Located in Astoria, NY
An exquisite late 19th-century French Empire-style guéridon side table, sourced directly from Provence and meticulously restored. Handcrafted from solid mahogany, the table features ...
Marble
$4,850
H 30.5 in Dm 20.5 in
Fine French Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Carved Guéridon Side Table with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Carved Guéridon Side Table with Marble Top. The circular gilt wood carved apron with an acanthus tied leaf wreath, raised on four fluted carved leg...
Marble
John Widdicomb "Saracenic" Anglo-Indian Regency Gueridon Table
Located in Hamburg, PA
"The top of this elegant occasional table is inspired by 5th century Indian printed textiles. The radiant inlay pattern is a study in exotic native Indian woods. Satinwood, Indian ro...
Macassar, Rosewood, Satinwood
Bronze And Black Marble Top Round Gueridon Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Lovely 20th century bronze and black neoclassical style marble round two-tiered Gueridon table. Table features scrolled legs with paw feet. A round black top is encircled by a decora...
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Theodore Alexander Regency Two-Tier Side Table
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely Regency style two-tier side table, attributed to fine quality luxury designer Theodore Alexander, late 20th century. Having round tan leather tops with embossed Greek key b...
Metal
Maison Jansen Manner Steel & Brass Gueridon Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Regency style steel and brass gueridon or accent table in the manner of Maison Jansen, apparently unsigned, raised on hoof feet, circular black stone top. Dimensions: 24" H x 27.7...
Stone, Brass, Steel
Sold
H 29 in Dm 26.5 in
Wonderful Pair Neoclassical French Bronze Gueridon Side Tables Black Marble Tops
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Bronze Gueridon Two Tier Side Tables With Black Marble / Granite Inset Tops Leading To Claw Feet Raised On Casters.
Granite, Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 28.25 in Dm 12.5 in
Wonderful Pair Neoclassical Ormolu Bronze Marble Lions End Side Gueridon Tables
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Empire, Regency, Neoclassical Ormolu bronze lions head and paw feet with white marble inset top two tier gueridon side tables.
Marble, Bronze
Brass Butler Tray Coffee or Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Brass butler tray coffee or side table. With two removable trays. Measures: 30" wide x 18" deep x 21" high to top of brass handles. Very good qualit...
Brass
Vintage Directoire Style Brass and Stone Gueridon End Table
Located in North York, ON
Vintage Directoire Style Brass and Stone Gueridon end table. Beautiful polished black stone top with speckled design. Featuring brass X pedestal with curved feet. Price includes comp...
Marble, Brass
Lovely Pair of English Antique Round Mahogany Plant Stands
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely pair of round mahogany plant stands having pierced brass gallery, reeded columns and tripod cabriole legs.
Brass
19th Century Regency Metamorphic Music Stand
Located in Essex, MA
19th century metamorphic walnut music stand. Begins as a table at 31" high and when spun it twists upward on an iron thread to a sitting duet stand height and with further twisting, it moves upward to a standing duet height. Remarkable for those collecting regency metamorphic furniture...
Brass, Iron
Ralph Lauren Regency Style Iron & Glass Round Side Table Gueridon
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A stunning designer iron and glass side table gueridon by Ralph Lauren having a handsome bronze finish and lion head handles.
Iron
Sold
H 29 in W 17.5 in D 14.25 in
English 1820s Regency Period Ebonized Guéridon with Octagonal Painted Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period ebonized guéridon table from the early 19th century, with octagonal top and gilded accents. Created in England during the Regency period, this black guéridon...
Wood