Regency Tables
REGENCY STYLE
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.
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Style: Regency
Attributed To Baker Faux Bamboo Oval Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-century attributed to Baker Chippendale bamboo brass & glass cocktail table with an oval glass surface & lacquered brass trim resting upon a bamboo form wood base with tortoise s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Glass
Regency Rosewood Sofa Table
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency rosewood sofa table
Rosewood veneered over English oak. Warmly patinated color
with wood knobs and brass casters.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
$7,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Regency Carved Walnut Console Table with Gilted details and marble
Located in Miami, FL
20th French Regency carved walnut console table with gilted edges
20th century French Regence style beautifully carved with leaves walnut console. White marble top with carved fron...
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of Regency Style Nightstands
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency-style nightstand or side table is a colonial flavored piece with a nod to Anglo-Indian furniture flavors. A framework of spiral turned and tapered legs supports two frieze ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Materials
Wood
$4,950 / set
Vintage Regency Birdseye Extendable Duncan Phyfe Dining Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Experience the grandeur of bespoke dining with this magnificent Vintage Regency Birdseye Extendable Dining Table. A true embodiment of neoclassical elegance, this versatile table boa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Drop Leaf Lyre Table, 1940s
Located in Harlingen, TX
A vintage English Regency style mahogany drop-leaf accent or breakfast table with single drawer. Featuring a rectangular top surface with rounded cut-out corner detail, dual carved a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Mahogany Double Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
A classic English dining table if ever there was one, this non-banded mahogany double pedestal table has the proportions and appearance that c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$13,850 / item
Regency Mahogany Trestle Base Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With an old brown leather inset top with banded edge over two drawers and raised on a trestle base with Lyre ends and turned stretcher, saber legs and pointed leaf tip caster cups an...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,800 / item
Baker Furniture French Regency Mahogany Bedside Tables, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional pair of French Regency style end tables or nightstands
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved mahogany, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 27.5" W...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair Maitland Smith Regency Flame Mahogany Large Tiered Dumbwaiter Side Tables
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage pair of two Maitland Smith dumbwaiter butler display tables / stands. Made of flamed mahogany featuring English / Georgian / Duncan Phyfe styling with three tiers, pedestal ...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$3,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Panache for Michael Taylor Gratelli Coffee Cocktail Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Panache for Michael Taylor Gratelli Coffee Cocktail Table.
Category
1990s American Regency Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
$3,232 Sale Price
20% Off
Custom English Mahogany Dining Table with Rosewood Banding
Located in Woodbury, CT
Crafted for us in England by our master cabinetmakers, this traditional table in mahogany with rosewood crossbanded top starts as a 47" wide by 72" long that seats six-eight. Add the two 24" leaves and ten people sit quite comfortably, with the possibility of a cozy 12, depending on chair size. The traditional pedestal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Custom English Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Double pedestal, flame mahogany dining table with satinwood crossbanding, beaded edge, mahogany apron. Cannon turned single column pedestals with reeded legs ending in brass "paw" to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Vintage Maison Jansen Style Italian Regency Steel & Glass Round Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Maison Jansen Style Italian Regency Steel & Glass Round Coffee Table. Item features a round form with solid brass gallery, inset glass top, brushed steel stretcher supported ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Fine Baker Furniture Burl Walnut Regency Style Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
C. 1980’s. A Vintage Baker Writing Table with handsome chosen Burl Walnut Wood. Suitable also as a Console, the Writing Table has two drawers, a Line-Inlaid top surface, Wreath form ...
Category
20th Century Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
English Regency Brass Mounted Exotic Woods Writing Table, Gillows, circa 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exceptional circa 1820 English regency period rectangular-form writing or occasional table attributed to Gillows having brass bound cusped-corner top with ebony line inlay and satinwood feather-banding surrounding center field of bookmatched amboyna, the double elliptical high arched stretchers joining gilt-brass-mounted end supports having turned calamander spindles and braces issuing turned finials between ebony downswept legs ending in acanthus-leaf-cast brass casters.
Several 'spindle end' writing tables were featured in the 'Gillows Estimate Sketch Book' of 1818, and a table of similar end supports stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER is illustrated in Susan Stuart's 'Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840', Vol. I., Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008. pl. 329, p. 301, stating "a table frame with spindle ends was supplied in the 1820s by Gillows of London to display marble brought back from the Grand Tour by the Tempests of Broughton Hall...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Carved Cherry Tea Tables, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of French Regency Louis XVI style nightstands, tea tables, or end tables
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved cherry wood, with stunning book-matched burled ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
English Regency Gonçalo Alves Low Etagere or Two-Tier Stand with Drawer, c. 1815
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An unusually fine English Regency circa 1815 'Gonçalo alves' or 'Kingwood' library stand, dwarf etagere, or whatnot of rectangular two-tier form, the top and lower section with drawe...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Hand Painted Faux Marble Eight Leg Octagon Table
Located in Harlingen, TX
This vintage Eastlake mahogany octagonal eight leg accent table has been given a custom Regency style update featuring a hand painted faux Carrara ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Vintage 17ft Regency Style Dining Table Flame Mahogany 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb large 5.25 meter Vintage dining table in elegant Regency style, crafted in flame mahogany and dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
Capable of seating ei...
Category
20th Century Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Custom Regency Style 56" Diameter Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Swathed in the finest figured mahogany, this 56” diameter table features a bold pedestal comprised of a tapered octagonal column having an ebonized collar and terminating on a platfo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$13,900 / item
English Shaped Top Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mahogany shaped top partners writing table with satinwood stringing and inlaid fan medallions. Black/green, antiqued and gold tooled leather top. Three drawers each side with antique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Boxwood, Olive, Satinwood
$11,950 / item
19th Century Mahogany English Butler's Serving Bar Tray on Wooden Stand
Located in Savannah, GA
Large mahogany butlers tray on stand featuring a rectangular shaped tray with a surround gallery. with handles on either end for easy access. On folding X frame stand with heavy wove...
Category
1890s English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany 2 Tier Rolling Server Narrow Bar Cart by Hadleigh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany 2 Tier Rolling Server Narrow Bar Cart by Hadleigh. Item features a beige laminate top, rolling casters, brass handles, g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Materials
Laminate, Mahogany
Custom English Walnut Double Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Custom made, English walnut double pedestal dining table. This richly finished table features a handsomely figured English walnut top bordered i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
$14,400 / item
British Regency Duncan Phyfe Style Mahogany Double Pedestal Dining Table
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant banded inlay mahogany Duncan Phyfe style dining table with two pedestals. Features an impressive satinwood banded top supported by a double pedestal mahogany base over three ...
Category
20th Century English Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique English Regency Marble Specimen & Mahogany Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
An antique Regency mahogany and specimen marble occasional table, attributable to Gillows of Lancaster and dating to c.1830. The mahogany crossbanded octagonal top with a beaded ed...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Marble
Maitland Smith Regency Leather Brass Nailhead Paw Feet Side Coffee Table
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A vintage Maitland Smith Regency table that will serve nicely as a coffee, end or side table. The table made of bronzed metal with verdigr...
Category
Early 2000s American Regency Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique English Regency Sofa/ Writing Table in Mahogany with Ormolu & Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A fine English Regency sofa table on trestle base with drop leaves, in mahogany with line inlays banding the top & drawer fronts. Offers two drawers, original brass ormolu & cast brass, lions paw feet...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th C Regency English Mahogany Adjustable Reading Writing Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome piece consists of two sections on a lifting ratchet, a fine mahogany Regency period reading/writing table featuring an adjustable top over a substantial base support. R...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,013 Sale Price
49% Off
19th C Style Michael Taylor Ebony & Mahogany Dafne Writing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
19th C Style Michael Taylor Ebony & Mahogany Dafne Writing Table Desk
Category
1990s American Regency Tables
Materials
Walnut
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Mahogany & Brass Partners Writing Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Regency Period Mahogany And Brass, Square, Partners Writing Table, Having Attractive Gilt Tooled Leather Top With Crossbanded Edge, Over Four Drawers And Four ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$18,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Style 72 Inch Round Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Masterfully crafted with figured walnut with a rich warm heirloom finish. The expansive round top has a built-in Lazy Susan and sits on a sculptural pedestal base that is both reeded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Materials
Wood
$12,897 / item
English Regency Rosewood Drop Leaf Center Table with Brass Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
A fine English Regency rosewood center table with single frieze drawer with round brass pulls, side drop leaves, adorned with decorative brass line inlay, all supported by a pedestal...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
19th century Mahogany Regency Sofa Table
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome mahogany drop leaf sofa table with original finish and brass caps and casters. Two deep drawers with two false drawers in back. Reeded swept legs.
Measures: 60 inches wide w...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,859 Sale Price
75% Off
Pair of Antique Regency Style Leather Top Side Tables
Located in London, GB
An impressive pair of antique Regency style leather top side tables. They were made in England, they date from around the 1960’s.
The quality is outstanding, they are a great size a...
Category
1960s British Vintage Regency Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Mahogany Tooled Leather Round Regency Style Drum Pedestal Table 24"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique round Regency style drum pedestal table. Made of mahogany featuring a tooled leather top with one drawer, supported by four serpentine legs.
Dimensions:
24" x 24" x 19.25h
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Regency Mahogany Occasional Snap Top Table possibly Irish 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Mahogany late Regency Period snap-top Occasional Table of small proportions, in our opinion is of Irish Manufacture. Circa 1815-20....
Category
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Round Side Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Masterfully crafted from crotch mahogany veneer. The table features elegant crossbanding, enhancing its timeless beauty.
Supported by barley twist-turned legs, it exudes a sense o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Materials
Wood
$3,744 / item
Late Regency Period Two-Part Dining Table or Conference Table in Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
Late Regency period two-part dining table or conference table in mahogany.
Category
19th Century European Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Sixty Inch Round Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Annville, PA
A Sixty Inch Round Mahogany Dining Table is produced with a high quality figured mahogany field and sapele banding makes for a subtle but interesting contrast in the pattern on the t...
Category
2010s Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$6,390 / item
Antique 16ft Regency Mahogany Triple Pillar Dining Table 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique George III Cuban mahogany Regency Period dining table that can comfortably seat fourteen people, circa 1780 in date.
The table features elegant simplicity, wi...
Category
18th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Regency Console Table in Carved Walnut with drawer and Marble Top
Located in Miami, FL
Regency style console table made from solid wood, handcrafted from fine hardwoods.
This is an antique side table dating to c.1850. In dark tones with a nice aged patina, the top show...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Regency Nesting Tables, Set of Three
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very fine pen work decorated set of nesting tables, each with a different
but conforming scene, curved stretcher and fine carved upright details.
Category
1860s English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Large Oval Dining Table for 8-10 People
Located in Richmond, London
This beautifully crafted Regency-style oval dining table offers comfortable seating for 8-10 people, combining traditional design with practical elegance. Hand-made using classic woo...
Category
Late 20th Century English Regency Tables
Materials
Wood
English Regency Mahogany with Satinwood Inlaid and Tooled Leather Top Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century English Regency Mahogany with Satinwood Inlaid and Tooled Leather Top Side Table and wheels.
Measures 24.25" in width, 24.25" in depth and 25" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Leather, Satinwood
Regency Mahogany Hall Console Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Fine Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Mahogany Hall Console Table, Or Pier Table, Of Breakfronted Form And Rare Diminutive Proportions, Having Superbly Figured Top Wi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$6,641 Sale Price
20% Off
84 inch Round Perimeter Table
Located in Annville, PA
The 84 inch Round Perimeter Table is produced with a figured mahogany field and satinwood banding on the top which makes for an interesting contrast. S...
Category
2010s Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$7,750 / item
Regency Style Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A refined homage to the elegance of early 19th-century English furniture design. Crafted in classic style with an exquisite use of figured walnut, it features a warm finish that brin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Materials
Brass
$11,397 / item
Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superior quality extending mahogany dining table firmly attributed to Gillows and conforming precisely to a design in the Lancashire pattern books dated 1804. The reeded-edge top consisting of two hinged ends attached to short beds which join together to form a Pembroke-type table when all of the leaves are removed. The original and complete set of two narrow and two wider leaves are interchangeable and sit on the telescoping bed which is raised on elegant turned and reeded legs with brass castors. The four legs at each corner are fixed and the two central legs screw in when the table is extended.
Ref: Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, by Susan Stuart, p. 242, pl.241: In identically designed table made for Broughton Hall...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Regency Mahogany 4 seater Dining/Pembroke Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency mahogany dining/Pembroke table having a fabulous mahogany top, two drop leaves, drawer and dummy drawer to the frieze with original brass handles. It has a lovely cen...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Other
Charak Danbury Mahogany Drop Leaf Dining Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Elegant Charak Danbury drop leaf table featuring banded mahogany border with vibrant mahogany grains, Incised detail to the canted saber legs and exquisite X stretcher that mirrors t...
Category
20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Writing Table or Desk of Mahogany with Leather Top from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Regency Period writing table or desk of mahogany from England, featuring an inset embossed green leather top over a frieze of two drawers - each drawer with knob pulls - and s...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Regency Style Marquetry Inlay Paw Feet Pedestal Base Round Center Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Regency Style Marquetry Inlay Paw Foot Pedestal Base Round Center Table. Item features a nice inlaid top, tripod carved paw foot base, very stately center table. Circa Late 2...
Category
Late 20th Century Regency Tables
Materials
Wood
Irish Regency Mahogany Barley Twist Three Drawer Sideboard with Paw Feet, C 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Irish Regency mahogany three drawer reeded sideboard with decorative scrolled back splash, gardrooned molded edge, and resting on the original barley ...
Category
1780s Irish Antique Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
$24,700 Sale Price
35% Off
Regency Style Oval Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
This exquisite table is crafted from fine mahogany and etimoe veneers, offering a rich, deep hue and smooth finish that exemplifies luxury.
The tabletop features a sophisticated cro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Materials
Metal
$11,655 / item
Fine English Mahogany Pub Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare English mahogany pub table or side table sitting on delicate turned legs with a flat box stretcher base. Finished with deep mahogany legs and a...
Category
20th Century English Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$1,000 Sale Price
23% Off
Pair of Regency Style Side Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
Regency style side table with a wooden gallery top, molded edge, with a pull-out slide about a lower shelf with drawer and turned legs all in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Materials
Wood
$3,800 / set
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
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th C Style Thomas W. Morgan Trompe l'Oeil Center Table W Giltwood Eagles
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th C Style Thomas W. Morgan Trompe l'Oeil Center Table W Giltwood Eagles
Category
1990s American Regency Tables
Materials
Giltwood
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Leighton Hall Furniture, Maitland Smith, and Bevan Funnell Ltd.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $245,000 while the average work can sell for $4,883.
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