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.
Heritage Mid Century Regency Mahogany Single Drawer Side Table W/ Pull Out Tray
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century Regency Mahogany Single Drawer Side Table With Pull Out Tray and Cross Banded top by Heritage Furniture. Measures 26" in width, 26" in depth and 22" in height. Pull ou...
Mahogany
Italy Late 18th Century Regency Walnut Desk or Side Table
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant gaming table, hand made in the Late 18th Century by master craftmenships. The spectacular top of this charming table, is handmade in walnut with fine briar root a...
Walnut
Elegant Regency Brass Mounted Flame Mahogany Side Table
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A Regency period mahogany two drawer table with reeded legs and brass stringing, original casters and cedar wood draw linings. Fine colour and patina.
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Period Sewing Table
Located in Forney, TX
An elegant Regency period English mahogany and rosewood work table, circa 1815, in the manner of Gillows, having an attractive flame mahogany top with rope trim detail, above a singl...
Fabric, Mahogany, Rosewood
Regency Style Faux Bamboo Mahogany Two Tier Glass Side Tables, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
An exquisite pair Regency Style Faux Bamboo Mahogany Two Tier Glass Side Tables with custom glass top and shelf. Absolutely charming set , me...
Faux Bamboo, Glass, Mahogany
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
20th Century Regency Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo with Glass Top Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 20th Century Regency Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo with beveled Glass Top Side Table. Very sturdy side table, with 1/3 thick beveled glass top insert. Measures 30.50" in width, 18.5"...
Steel
Antique Regency Rosewood Lamp/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique regency rosewood lamp table having a quality rosewood top with satinwood inlay ,one drawer and one dummy draw to the frieze with original t...
Other
Mid-20th Century English Regency Mahogany and Tooled Leather Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-20th Century English Regency Mahogany and Tooled Leather Stenciled Side Table on wheels. Its dimensions are approximately 26 inches wide x 26 inches in depth and 20.75" in hei...
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Regency Style Yew Wood Console Table
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and elegant antique Regency style yew wood console table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1950’s. The quality is lovely, this is a very useful and pet...
Yew
Rich Elegant Biltmore Estate Mahogany and Marble Top Round Side Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rich & elegant round mahogany side table having 2 drawers and 2 pull out leather slides as well as a sumptuous marble top. Legs are tapered and terminate in brass caps and casters. Biltmore Estate...
Marble
$918Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century antique rosewood telescopic occasional table
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 19th Century Regency rosewood telescopic occasional table, having a lovely figured circular top with a pierced brass gallery running along the edge, supported on an elegant tur...
Rosewood
$770Sale Price|30% Off
Brunschwig & Fils Vintage French Regency Scrolled Iron & Wood Side Accent Table
Located in Dayton, OH
"990s Brunschwig & Fils side table. Drawing inspiration from Florentine and French styling. Made from scrolled iron with a reddish brown top featuring golden florets framed within a ...
Iron
Fine Quality 19th Century Regency Antique Free Standing Lamp/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality 19th Century Regency antique free standing lamp/side table having a fine quality mahogany top having two drop leaves with ebony inlay stringing standing on four turned...
Other
Antique Regency Freestanding Quality Mahogany Inlaid Lamp Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency freestanding quality mahogany inlaid lamp table having a quality mahogany inlaid lift top with a reeded edge opening to reveal a storage compartment, inlaid mahogany ...
Other
Regency Fold over Side Table with Lions Paw Feet in the Manner of Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING Early 19th Century British Regency Rosewood Fold-over Side Table with Lions Paw Feet in the Manner of Gillows. ‘Perio...
Hardwood, Elm
A Very Rare Early 19th Century Regency Small Lamp or Occasional Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare early 19th Century Regency well figured flame mahogany lamp or occasional table of small proportions, finely hand carved and of exceptional quality with rich patination a...
Brass
Regency Washstand, England 1815
Located in Culver City, CA
Regency Washstand England, 1815 Painted washstand constructed in pine. With shaped gallery back, single drawer with round brass pulls, square tapering legs, and hand painted decorati...
Pine
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany 2 Tier Folding Muffin Cake Stand Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany 2 Tier Folding Muffin Cake Stand Side Table. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H x 22" W x 13" D (open). 11" D (at base).
Mahogany
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Cherry Wood and Parcel Gilt Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style tea table or occasional side table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved cherry wood, with parcel gilt trim. Measures: 29.7...
Cherry
Antique Regency Period Marble Top Side Table
Located in London, GB
A wonderful antique Regency period marble top side table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1815-1830 period. It is of very fine quality and is a lovely size. The f...
Marble
Mid Century Regency Style Mahogany Trestle Table With Pull-Out Trays & Paw Feet
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century Regency Style Mahogany Trestle Table With Two Pull-Out Trays and Brass Cap Paw Feet Measures 40" in width x 23.5" in height x 17" in depth
Mahogany
Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This super cute desk, or occasional table from I...
Bronze
Louis Scalera English Regency Mahogany and Tooled Leather Pedestal Side Tables
Located in Germantown, MD
Louis Scalera English Regency Mahogany and Tooled Leather Pedestal Side Tables. PAIR OF LOUIS SCALERA MAHOGANY AND TOOLED LEATHER TOP QUADPAD PEDESTAL SIDE TABLES These beautiful Car...
Brass
Pair of Neoclassical Round Side Tables, Mahogany, France, 1940s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
Pair of Neoclassical Round Side Tables, Mahogany, France, 1940s. This pair of side tables is built in mahogany with a two-tier architectural structure. Each table rests on four slen...
Mahogany
Regency style Painted Lamp Table
Located in Dereham, GB
Regency style Black Painted Lamp Table Circular top decorated wih Painted bell flowers, with brass gallery around Twin Umbrella style open base,with painted detail 3 turned feet Re...
Brass
Heritage Furniture Regency Walnut Tea Tables or Occasional Side Tables, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Regency or Neoclassical style occasional side tables or tea tables By Heritage Furniture USA, 1960s Beautiful book-matched walnut tops, with cream lacquered ped...
Walnut, Lacquer
Antique Regency Quality Rosewood Free Standing Sewing/Lamp Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality rosewood free standing sewing/lamp table having a quality rosewood top with two drop leaves supported by swing out rosewood shaped brackets, two working drawe...
Other
Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Free Standing Lamp / Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality mahogany free standing lamp / side table having a quality mahogany top with two drop leaves, drawers to each sides with orig...
Mahogany
$2,625Sale Price|25% Off
Regency Rosewood Library Table with Lyre Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning early 19th century style side table in figured rosewood. The top with rounded corners and inlaid with boxwood is supported by a simple rosewood veneered frieze with a drawer...
Rosewood
English Regency Mahogany Bow Front Inlaid Side Table w/ Cross Stretchers, C 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany bow front two drawer work table with original circular foliate brasses, diamond bone escutcheons, ebony string inlays, k...
Brass
Regency Style Maitland-Smith Penshell Faux Tortoise Side Tables Iron Bases - S/2
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of penshell side tables with a faux tortoise appearance by Maitland-Smith. The black center is likely a tessellated stone. The bases are a nice scrolled iron. These ...
Stone, Iron
The Country House Etagere
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An elegant country house design two-tier mahogany etagere. The sides with cross work shelf detailing and turned legs terminating in brass castors. Please note we are currently worki...
Mahogany
$5,097 / item
Regency Sabre Leg Side Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style mahogany side table, the circular brass bound top fitted with a frieze drawer on three bound brass hilted sabres mounted on a trefoil platform base with brass lion's ...
Brass
Regency Style Mahogany Three Tier Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Regency Style mahogany three tier side table. Measures 18" in depth, 18" in width and stands 28.5" tall. Sheld clearance in 8".
Mahogany
$1,647Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Drop Leaf Sewing Table, English, Rosewood, Side, Lamp, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drop leaf sewing table. An English, rosewood side or lamp table with boxwood inlay, dating to the Regency period, cir...
Rosewood
Vintage French Regency Style Mahogany & Gold Gilt Plume Table Pedestal Base (A)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage French Regency Style Mahogany & Gold Gilt Plume Table Pedestal Base (A). ...
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Tilt-top Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Classic English tilt-top table from the Regency period, crafted in solid mahogany. The rectangular top with rounded corners can be tilted vertically, making the table both practical ...
Metal
$5,900
Regency Penwork Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Regency period side table having a penwork decorated top with chased gilt bronze molded edge over curule legs joined by gilt bronze...
Bronze
Italian Regency Maison Jansen Style Round Rams Hoof Foot Low Side Tables - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Regency Maison Jansen Style Round Rams Hoof Foot Low Side Tables - Pair. Item features a cream and gold gilt painted finish, tripod goat / rams hoof feet raised on lo...
Glass, Wood
French Regency Style Two-Tier Red Leather Top Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
1970s Vintage French Regency Style Red Leather stenciled top mahogany two tier tea table. Measures 24"W x 24"D x 28"H.
Leather, Mahogany
Antique English 19th Century Regency Rosewood Work Table Lamp Table C.1820
Located in London, GB
Antique English 19th Century Regency Rosewood Work Table C.1820 An elegant English Regency work table, raised on a finely turned pedestal support terminating in a shaped quadriparti...
Rosewood, Satinwood
A Regency Egyptian Revival Bedside Table
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1820 A fine early nineteenth century mahogany bedside table with Egyptian caryatids and gilt bronze feet, the top fitted with a mirror and compartments and below a si...
Wood
19th Century Regency Wood Game Table with Green Leather Top, 1890s
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Regency wooden side table with green leather upholstered top, having an open drawer or shelf, surrounded by small decorative columns and all resting on a carved fluted p...
Leather, Walnut
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
Removable Tray Top Pierce Carved Inlayed Walnut Side End Table Stand Mint!
By Berkey & Gay Furniture, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Removable tray top pierce carved inlayed walnut side end table stand mint!
Walnut
19th Century English Regency Rosewood Inlaid Sewing/Game Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency (18/19th Century) rosewood and brass inlaid sewing/game table with a flip chessboard top centering 2 side shelves with drawers.
Brass
Vintage Italian Regency Round Leather Top Greek Key Carved Side Tables - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Italian Regency Round Leather Top Greek Key Carved Side Tables - a Pair. Tabl...
Leather, Wood
Italy Decorative Carved Painted 28" Round Glass Top Gueridon Lamp Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Made in Italy Decorative Carved Gold Painted 28" Round Glass Top Gueridon Lamp Center Table MINT! Carved pineapple base motive tripod base.
Glass, Oak
19th Century Regency period inlaid side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century Regency brass inlaid palisander occasional side table circa 1820. Top quality table in good condition. Ideal for use as a side or sofa table. Rectangular top wit...
Brass
Vintage Brown Leather Gold Leaf Side End Table Extending Top Great Games Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Bevan Funnell vintage Mahogany side table with extending brown leather top and single drawer...
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Regency Mahogany Adjustable Reading or Music Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine early 19th-century Regency mahogany adjustable reading or music table of elegant design and superb craftsmanship. The octagonal top with a finely moulded edge, is mounted on a...
Mahogany
George IV Kingwood Tripod Table
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George IV period kingwood and giltwood table, the bookmatched hkingwood veenered top with gilt bronze banding over giltwood shaft with carved lotus leaf design and standing on tricorn base with giltwood scrolled feet, attributed to Morel and Seddon. Morel & Seddon were the principal suppliers of furniture and furnishings to George IV (1762–1830) during his refurbishment of Windsor Castle. The French cabinet-maker Nicholas Morel (along with his previous partner Robert Hughes) had first worked for George IV when he was Prince of Wales, supplying furniture to both Carlton House and the Royal Pavilion...
Bronze
Fine Antique Regency Style Carved Cartouche Form Side Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine regency style side table having a cartouche form top with cross banding and string inlay. The table with heavily carved trestle legs and a carved stretcher while resting on int...
Wood
$2,742Sale 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
Very Good Mahogany Occasional Centre Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very good circular mahogany centre table with cradle base, brass lion mask detailing and wonderul original dark red leather top, in very good original condition. 29" high 25" diam...
Mahogany
Vintage Weiman Kameo French Regency Style Banded Walnut End Tables - a Pair
By Weiman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Vintage Weiman Kameo French Regency Style Banded Walnut End Tables. Item features custom glass tops, beautiful wood grain, nicely carved details, ...
Brass
Regency Mahogany box on Stand
Located in Dereham, GB
Regency Mahogany Box on stand, Figured Mahogany Top, with Satinwood Banded & ebony boxwood line inlay, Original lock with working key, open to reveal unfitted box [Originally fiite...
Mahogany
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany One Drawer Pembroke Dropleaf Side End Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany One Drawer Pembroke Dropleaf Side End Table. Item features a carved pedestal base, ornate brass feet, drop leaf sides, beautiful wood grain, nicely car...
Brass
Small Yew Wood Tripod Table/Kettle Stand, Circa 1825
Located in Sherborne, GB
Antique English Regency small yew wood tripod table/kettle stand with a slender octagonal top which rests on an ornate turned column, standing on...
Yew