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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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Wood
2010s American Regency Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood
2010s American Regency Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
20th Century American Regency Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Regency Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
19th Century European Antique Regency Tables
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Glass
Early 1900s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1950s French Vintage Regency Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Regency Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Chinese Regency Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century North American Regency Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Leather, Mahogany, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Regency Tables
Leather, Nutwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Tables
Walnut, Burl
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
20th Century French Regency Tables
Bronze
1950s British Vintage Regency Tables
Leather, Wood
1950s British Vintage Regency Tables
Wood
1920s French Vintage Regency Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
20th Century Regency Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1920s Vintage Regency Tables
Mahogany
1840s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1960s American Vintage Regency Tables
Marble
Early 18th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Tables
Nickel
2010s Philippine Regency Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Tables
Stone
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Metal
18th Century French Antique Regency Tables
Marble, Serpentine
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
1830s English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Wood
1980s Vintage Regency Tables
Lacquer
1980s American Vintage Regency Tables
Hardwood, Mahogany, Satinwood, Giltwood
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Elm, Burl
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1950s British Vintage Regency Tables
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Regency Tables
Brass