Regency 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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1830s Danish Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Tables
Stone
20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
1830s Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1990s American Regency Tables
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
18th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1830s Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Mahogany, Paint
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
1820s British Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Tables
Wood
20th Century Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century British Regency Tables
Leather, Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
Early 20th Century American Regency Tables
Leather, Mahogany
1940s American Vintage Regency Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Regency Tables
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1820s British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
Early 20th Century British Regency Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Wood
2010s English Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Mahogany, Leather, Satinwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
1830s Danish Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
1980s American Vintage Regency Tables
Ebony, Burl
Late 20th Century Mexican Regency Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Brass
2010s American Regency Tables
Walnut, Burl
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass, Ormolu
20th Century English Regency Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1820s British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Tables
Fabric, Mahogany, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Iron
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Tables
Wood
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Other
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Paper
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Walnut
1940s American Vintage Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Ceramic, Clay
1830s British Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Regency Tables
Mahogany
1990s American Regency Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Laminate, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Wrought Iron
1930s American Vintage Regency Tables
Brass
Early 2000s American Regency Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Walnut, Burl