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.
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Baker Regency Style Mahogany & Brass Two-Tiered Server Signed 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Baker Regency Style Mahogany & Brass Two-Tiered Server 20thC Measures - 27" x 27 1/4" x 18 1/2" This two-tiered server by Baker Furniture is crafted in the Regency style, featuring a...
Brass
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
Refinished English Regency 2-Tier Leather Top Insert Stenciled Side Tables, Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Stunning, refinished English Regency two-tier maroon leather top insert side tables. Pedestal Tripod legs terminating with paw feet. Just been profes...
Leather, Mahogany
$19,500
Regency style dining table
Located in Houston, TX
This excellent table is made of the finest mahogany and Banded in satinwood. It is a large round without Leaves that measures 72” in diameter. It has three Large leaves each measuri...
Mahogany
English 19th Century Regency St. Mahogany Serving Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant early 19th century English Regency st. mahogany three-tier serving table. The table often referred to as a "dumb waiter", is in solid mahogany raised on a tripod with the ...
Mahogany
$556Sale Price|20% Off
Grand Rapids Imperial Furniture Regency Bird's Eye Maple Nightstand Side Table
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful painted Regency style bird's eye maple nightstand or side table with classically painted details By Imperial Furniture of Grand Rapids USA, Circa 1940s Measures: 15" W...
Birdseye Maple, Paint
A. B. Nordiska Kompaniet Swedish Regency Giltwood Mahogany Center Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
A. B. Nordiska Kompaniet Swedish Regency Giltwood Mahogany Center Table
Mahogany, Giltwood
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Regency Round Painted Walnut Side Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Regency style round side table on three legs USA, Early 20th Century Painted walnut in a lovely distressed blue color. Measures: 14"W x 14"D x 19.75"H. Very good vinta...
Walnut, Paint
Regency-Style Mahogany Leather-Topped Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted of rich mahogany, this library table displays all of the sophistication Regency-era furnishings are known for. This table features a straightforward design with beautifully c...
Brass
Regency Colonial Ebony And Parquetry Table
Located in Essex, MA
Square top with compass inlay of various woods. Ebonized support and four ebonized legs. Possibly Anglo Indian. An unusual and interesting table.
Ebony, Satinwood
Early Baker Furniture Regency Rosewood Writing Desk or Console Table, 1930s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Regency style petite writing desk, sofa table, or entry console table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1930s Rosewood, with hand-painted details, brass hardware, and brass...
Brass
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Quality French Regency Marble Top and Bronze Occasional Paw Footed Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine quality French Regency occasional table exemplifies refined craftsmanship and timeless elegance, making it a versatile addition to both traditional and contemporary interio...
Marble, Bronze
$876Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Regency Allegorical Flip Top Green Painted Walnut Side Table
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Regency style flip top side table USA, Circa 1920s Painted walnut in a beautiful distressed green color with a hand painted allegorical scene of a winged pegasus horse ...
Walnut, Paint
$1,995Sale Price|30% Off
20th Century French Regency Carved Walnut Console Table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
20th century French Regency carved walnut console table with drawer 20th century French Regence style beautifully carved with leaves walnut console. Wood top with front drawer, o...
Walnut
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 mahogany drop-flap occasional table
Located in Folkestone, GB
An attractive Regency period mahogany drop-flap occasional or lamp table., also suitable as a small sofa table. The Coramandel wood cross-banded top above two drawers, supported on t...
Mahogany
English 19th Century late Regency Sofa Table with Black Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Troy, NY
English 19th Century late Regency Sofa Table with Chinoiserie Decoration on a Black Lacquer background. The oblong top with drop-leaves at each end t...
Lacquer, Wood
19th Century English Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Table or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
19th Century English Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Table or Desk. Elegant Regency writing table, the top with an inset black leather writing surface framed with burlwood veneer and surrounded by a gilt bronze edge, on a giltwood base with a black leather foot rest...
Ormolu
19th Century Antique Regency Mahogany Drop Leaf Centre/Console Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
19th century quality antique Regency mahogany drop leaf centre table having an appealing quality mahogany top with two drop leaves, one drawer to the frieze and raised on four qualit...
Other
Regency Period Carved Mahogany Serving Table
Located in London, GB
A very fine Georgian serving table of the Regency Period Constructed in a Cuban mahogany having richly marked veneers and possessing a deep colour and patination; rising from ‘ha...
Mahogany
Small Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality regency period mahogany writing table Having two fitted drawers to frieze with original Turned knobs raised on elegant x framed end Supports with original brass castor...
Mahogany
Unusual Antique Quality Mahogany And Satinwood Freestanding Sofa/Dining Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique Regency quality mahogany and satinwood inlaid freestanding sofa/dining table having a fantastic quality mahogany top with inlaid satinwood stringing with two unusual ...
Other
19th Century Mahogany Inlaid Small Coffee Table with Checkboard Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rare find in this small Regency style antique mahogany coffee table having inlaid checkerboard on top and single drawer. The fluted columnar base is especially handsome with 4 dom...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Wonderful French Bagues Polished Nickel Mirror Three Part Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French silver polished nickel and distressed mirrored three part cocktail / coffee table in the Regency style, having arched stretchers across the bottom. Consisting of a...
Silver Plate, Nickel
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
Regency Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A smart Regency Mahogany fixed top Drum Table, the crossbanded edge with and intricately embossed inset green leather top, above two pairs of drawers comprising of two short and two ...
Brass
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
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Regency Round Painted Walnut Side Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Regency style round one-drawer side table on three legs USA, Circa late 19th century Painted walnut, with lion head drawer pull Measures: 20"W x 20"D x 27"H. Good vint...
Walnut, Paint
PAIR OF REGENCY STYLE FAUX MARBLE THREE TIERED ETAGERES SIDE END TABLES DRAWERs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of vintage circa 1950-1960 Etageres side tables with bronzed ...
Brass
Regency Style Cross-Banded Crotch Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
20th Century Regency Style Cross-Banded, Crotch Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Side Table with tapered and Brass Capped Legs. Measures 18" in width, 18" in depth and 16" in height.
Brass
Outstanding Regency Brass Inlaid Sofa Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Exceptional brass inlaid, Regency sofa table in rosewood, having stunning figured and brass inlaid drop leaf top above 2 cockbeaded drawers and 2 dummy drawers to opposite side fitte...
Rosewood
Regency Calamander Tea Caddy Table Or Teapoy
Located in Essex, MA
An unusual piece sometimes called a teapoy. With rectangular hinged top with angled corners and boxwood inlays opening to a fitted compartment with two cut glass tea mixing bowls and...
Ebony, Macassar
Regency Ebony Banded Mahogany Pembroke Table Circa 1815 for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Regency mahogany pembroke table with good size having a conforming ebony banding and canted drop leaves. The table with one working drawer and one faux drawer having brass pulls. R...
Ebony, Mahogany
Architectural Regency Credenza
Located in Greenwich, CT
A splendid credenza or server in the manner of Thomas Hope, crafted of first-rate fiddleback mahogany timber to an architectural design with restrained neo-Grecian decorative element...
Mahogany
Antique Regency Style Leather Top Drum Table
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique Regency style leather top drum table, dating from around the 1890-1910 period. The quality is superb, this is really well made and has a gorgeous design. There is a...
Leather, Wood
$3,990Sale Price|33% Off
Antique English Regency Style Geo, IV Figured Mahogany Tilt-Top Circular Table
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fabulous quality antique English Regency period Geo. IV figured SOLID mahogany tilt-top circular table ; Please note superb triangular shape pedestal with hand-carved hairy paw feet....
Mahogany
19th Century English Mahogany Drop Leaf Sofa Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a solid mahogany drop leaf table made in England, circa 1825. The top, both leaves, the ring turnings on the pedestals, the plat...
Ebony, Mahogany
Pair of Mid-Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Side Tables
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Mid-Century Chippendale Style Mahogany tiered Side Tables with corner galleries. Light weight Solid mahogany. Measure 19.25" in wid...
Mahogany
Regency Style Maitland-Smith Bronze & Leather Faux Horn Center / Side Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a Maitland - Smith regency style center or side table. The base is heavy casting with three cast metal and bronze faux horns. The base is a tooled leather clover form . The b...
Bronze
19th French Regency Wall Carved Walnut Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
19th century French Regence style beautifully carved with leaves walnut console. Hand-carved frieze supported by three cabriole legs connected by X-form stretchers centered by large ...
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Stainless with Brass Footman Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Fabulous style and well crafted in the style of a English Footman recreated as a cocktail or coffee table. Steel with brass accents. Versatile and stylish. A rare piece. Table top me...
Brass, Steel
Antique Regency Style Revolving Drum Table
Located in London, GB
A wonderful antique Regency style revolving drum table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is outstanding, this has a wonderful cylindrical top w...
Wood
Fine early 19th Century Patented Imperial Dining Table by Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Richmond, VA
Fine early 19th century patented "Imperial" dining table by Gillows of Lancaster. This table is very similar to the one made in 1813 for Broughton Hall. See page 243 in volume 2 of "...
Mahogany
$6,954 / item
Pair of Regency Style End Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
English Regency style mahogany and exotic wood veneer end table with brass line inlaid details on turned gilded acanthus capital supports with fluting...
Brass
Antique Regency Quality Rosewood Tea / Console Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality rosewood tea/console table having a quality rosewood swizzle top opening to reveal a lovely polished interior, shaped carved frieze supported on a pear shaped...
Other
$15,560
Hope Circular Dining Table
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Thomas Hope inspired Regency circular dining table, with star and ring decorated top, on four splay base, terminating in brass castors. Please note we are currently working ...
Mahogany
Early 19th century Regency davenport writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality Regency davenport, circa 1820. Spindle gallery to the top leading to the original leather writing surface. Top opens to reveal a richly colored interior with 2 drawers....
Leather, Palisander
English Regency Brown Lacquered Tray
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style oval brown lacquered tray with heron and floral design
Lacquer
Antique Regency Birdseye Maple Writing Table, Tooled leather top, 1830
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine quality English Regency bird-eye maple writing table or desk. The rectangular table with canted sides and canted corners in figured birds-eye maple; with a gilt-tooled burgund...
Birdseye Maple
Antique English Regency Rosewood Travelling Lap Desk Box, Circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.
Rosewood
PAIR OF LiGHT WALNUT GLASS TOPPED CORINTHIAN PILLARED SIDE END LAMP WINE TABLES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of vintage light Walnut with Glass top side end tables which have hand carved Corinthian ...
Glass, Walnut
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
Antique Regency Quality Figured Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique regency quality figured mahogany Pembroke table having a quality figured mahogany top with a reeded edge and two drop leaves, single oak lined drawer with original brass lion...
Other
Outstanding Quality Antique Regency Figured Mahogany Tea/Console Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Regency figured mahogany tea/console table having a marvellous quality figured mahogany swizzle top opening to reveal a polished interior, mahogany brass ...
Other
Nest Of Four Regency Style Mahogany Nesting Tables
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elegant nest of four Regency style stacking tables. The table tops have raised outer moldings and the largest features a fine central oversized oval medallion in a lighter wood. ...
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century French Regence Style Round Marble Top Side Table.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century French Regence Style Round Marble Top Side Table. This French 19th Century table features ornate carving and a round marble inset top. The beautiful black marble is ac...
Belgian Black Marble
A fine 19th century Rosewood and parcel gilt center table
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century English Regency rosewood and parcel gilt center table. Hand carved gadrooning and pawed feet.
Rosewood
Large English Regency Tilt-Top Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A BEAUTIFUL Large English Regency Tilt-Top Center Table. REALLY NICE early 19th Century Regency period large tilt-top center or breakfast table. The top has been ebonize...
Ebony, Rosewood, Giltwood
Antique Georgian Regency Rosewood Circular Dining Breakfast Tilt-Top Table 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A very good example of an antique Georgian, Regency period, tilt-top rosewood dining/breakfast, circa 1820. The table is made of the finest figured rosewood, the circular top locking...
Rosewood
English Regency Mahogany Server or Console Table with Gallery, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English Regency serving table dates to the 19th century and is crafted in richly figured mahogany, defined by its elegant proportions and refined architectural detailing. The ta...
Mahogany