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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2010s Unknown Regency Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Oak
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Wood
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
1830s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Oak
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass, Other
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Slate
Early 20th Century American Regency Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
20th Century British Regency Tables
Hardwood, Leather
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Tables
Leather, Kingwood
1790s American Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Wood
20th Century English Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Mahogany, Paint
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Tables
Rope, Glass, Lucite, Plaster
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Wood
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 20th Century North American Regency Tables
Wood, Paint
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Tables
Wood
20th Century English Regency Tables
Pine
20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass, Gold
1970s American Vintage Regency Tables
Brass
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Colombian Regency Tables
Bone
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Regency Tables
Wood
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Macassar, Rosewood
19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Lacquer, Birch, Pine, Giltwood
Early 1800s Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1960s French Vintage Regency Tables
Chrome
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
20th Century British Regency Tables
Leather
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1820s British Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood