Regency Side 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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19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Other
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Wood
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Yew
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Side Tables
Satinwood
Early 1800s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Wood
19th Century Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Rosewood
1920s French Vintage Regency Side Tables
Walnut
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Brass
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Leather, Wood
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Brass, Other
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Wood
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Wood
1830s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century British Regency Side Tables
Brass
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Wood
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Malachite, Marble, Breccia Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
1830s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Leather, Hardwood
1830s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
1810s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Wood
1950s British Vintage Regency Side Tables
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Wood
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Slate
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Other
20th Century British Regency Side Tables
Leather
20th Century British Regency Side Tables
Glass
19th Century European Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
20th Century British Regency Side Tables
Leather, Yew
1820s English Antique Regency Side Tables
Yew
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Other
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany, Oak, Lacquer
1830s British Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Glass, Walnut
1960s French Vintage Regency Side Tables
Chrome
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Side Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Side Tables
Rosewood
1820s German Antique Regency Side Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century British Regency Side Tables
Brass
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century Antique Regency Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century British Antique Regency Side Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
1820s European Antique Regency Side Tables
Gold
Early 18th Century British Antique Regency Side Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
1840s English Antique Regency Side Tables
Pine
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Walnut