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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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
20th Century British Regency Tables
Leather, Yew
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Marble
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Ormolu
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Brass, Steel
20th Century Regency Tables
Bronze
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Amboyna
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Aluminum
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Regency Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Tables
Marble
1820s English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Ebony, Rosewood, Giltwood
19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Brass
1980s American Vintage Regency Tables
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Tables
Marble
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Tables
Mahogany
20th Century French Regency Tables
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Tables
Stone, Iron
20th Century Unknown Regency Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Regency Tables
Iron
19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Satinwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Marble, Other
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Tables
Wood
1840s Indian Antique Regency Tables
Padouk
19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Other
Late 20th Century American Regency Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Regency Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Regency Tables
Marble
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century Regency Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tables
Slate
Early 20th Century American Regency Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Regency Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Tables
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Antique Regency Tables
Walnut, Paint
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Wood
1810s English Antique Regency Tables
Brass
19th Century British Antique Regency Tables
Paint
20th Century Regency Tables
Velvet, Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Regency Tables
Marble