Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking 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 Japanese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Paint
19th Century Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Rosewood
1860s English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Lacquer
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Walnut
1810s English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Satinwood
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Paint, Paper
1940s French Vintage Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Oak
2010s Chinese Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Jade, Stainless Steel
20th Century French Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
1950s American Vintage Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mahogany
1970s Vintage Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century American Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Walnut
1960s American Vintage Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Elm
19th Century Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary European Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Satinwood
Mid-20th Century English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Mahogany, Yew
Mid-20th Century American Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Other
1950s Italian Vintage Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Brass