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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Regency Sutherland Table Drop Leaf 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A Regency drop leaf Sutherland table in mahogany supported by a platform base Features splay legs terminating in brass claw castors Table extends by fold down leaves Great patina t...
Mahogany
Regency circa 1810 Italian Polychrome Painted Hand Carved Tilt Top Side Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Regency circa 1810 Polychrome painted Italian hand carved tiltop side table A very good looking well made and decorativ...
Fruitwood
Regency Period ormolu mounted, Library Table, circa 1820 36"(92cm) wide
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Regency period rosewood crossbanded, end support, library table. Having two frieze drawers, dummy drawers to the reverse, ormolu mounts to each corner, ormolu mou...
Ormolu
Antique French Regence Carved Wood w/ Gold Leaf & Marble Top Console, Circa 1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent antique French Regence style carved wood with gold leaf & marble top console, Circa 1860.
Marble, Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century French Regency Pair of Bronze Ormolu Candelabras
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century French Regency pair of bronze ormolu candelabras with four branches. With three acanthus arms supporting reeded ormolu bobeches and ornate columns boasting stiff-l...
Bronze, Ormolu
Regency Aubergine Lacquer Tray Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular tray with scalloped edges and deep bordered decorated in gilt with clumps of flowers and butterflies; raised on trestle end support with rotating central support so t...
Wood, Lacquer
Elegant Regency Brass Mounted Flame Mahogany Side Table
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A Regency period mahogany two drawer table with reeded legs and brass stringing, original casters and cedar wood draw linings. Fine colour and patina.
Mahogany
Regency Rosewood Side Table, in the Manner of 'Gillows'
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Regency period rosewood and parcel-gilt side table, having end supports with gilded decoration, out swept supports terminating in scrolling ormolu castors.
Rosewood
Early 19th Century Pollard Oak Dumb Waiter
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality early 19th Century pollard oak buffet / dumb waiter, having a lovely figured top with a moulded edge supported on two end supports decorated with carved corner brackets, standing on carved turned feet united by a turned stretcher. This can be used as a normal side table or converts to a three tier buffet...
Oak
Rare English Regency Period Mahogany Adjustable Reading Table, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare English Regency period mahogany adjustable reading table. English, circa 1820.
Mahogany
English 19th Century Regency St. Flamed Mahogany Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome English 19th century Regency st. flamed mahogany center table. The circular table is raised on its original carved wood casters below a beautiful finely carved tripod...
Mahogany
$3,800 / set
Pair of Regency Style Tray Top Side Tables
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Chic Regency Style or Hollywood Regency Tray Top Side Tables. Trays Top attached to Mahogany Bases with Four Turned over Legs Ending in Rosettes. Trays with original yellow...
Leather, Mahogany
$14,500
Regency Library Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This handsome Regency library desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th ...
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Tripod Wine Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency tripod wine table. The rectangular satinwood and mahogany crossbanded top sits above a turned stem that splays out into three downswept tapering legs, term...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Regency Amboyna and Gilt Library Table Attributed to Seddon and Morel
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency amboyna and gilt library table attributed to Seddon and Morel, with a rectangular top set upon solid end supports with a turned, reeded an...
Amboyna
Regency amboyna centre table, attr. to E H Baldock
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Late Regency Amboyna centre table, attributed to the workshop of Edward Holmes Baldock. The circular top with a shaped apron set upon a solid trif...
Amboyna
Italian Mid-19th Century Mahogany Regency St. Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An important and most impressive Italian mid 19th century Moucheté mahogany Regency st. console, possibly by renowned woodworker Peters. The large scale freestanding console is raise...
Mahogany
19th Century Stone Topped Occasional Specimen Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century occasional table with a rectangular top inlaid with stone specimens forming a decorative chevron pattern. It sits above an elegantly carved mahogany round pedestal pillar base...
Marble
Three-Tier Regency Gonçalo Alves Dumb Waiter
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A three-tier Regency Gonçalo Alves dumb waiter, with three graduated, revolving, circular shelves on a turned, flanged support and raised on a tripod base, with three lion’s paw feet...
Wood
Early 19th Century Regency Mahognay Three Tier Dumbwaiter
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century Regency mahogany three tier dumbwaiter with brass gallery top, brass upright all above carved pod with four outstretched legs ...
Brass
English Pine Console Or Side Table with Decorative Faux Bamboo Leg's. Great Size
Located in Buchanan, MI
An English Pine Console Of Side Table With Decorative Faux Bamboo Leg's. Great Size And Color. Feel Free To Call With Further Questions.
Pine
Pair of 19th Century English Regency Gonçalo Alves Card Tables with Brass Inlay
Located in London, GB
A pair of Regency card tables Constructed in Gonçalo Alves, and dressed with extensive brass marquetry work; rising from quadripartite swept legs terminating in brass anthemion decorated toes with inset brass castors, conjoining incurved rectangular plinths having gadrooned moldings; the tapering swept rectangular columns support the swiveling hinged radiused corner tops, opening to reveal green baize playing surfaces, with raised tablets to the fascias. The prolific usage of brass marquetry work in England was employed by various distinguished cabinet makers including Thomas Parker...
Bronze
Regency Leather-Top Side Table with Gilt Tooling
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome Regency leather topped side table with gilt tooling.
Leather, Pine
Vintage Baker English Regency Style Grey Lacquered Drop Leaf Side Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous vintage English Regency drop leaf side table. Featuring a beautiful grey lacquered finish. Such an elegant piece!
Wood
FULLY RESTORED MUSEUM QUALITY ENGLISH REGENCY CiRCA 1820 HARDWOOD BOOK TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very fine and important, museum quality English Regency circa 1810-1820 Rosewood book table in fully restored condition Ple...
Hardwood
A fine and unusual nest of three Regency tables
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine and unusual nest of three Regency tables, each of rectangular form with open lyre end supports, the top one veneered with a tulipwood field and burr oak banding, the second wi...
Mahogany, Oak, Tulipwood
Pair of Vintage Flamed Walnut & Inlaid Regency Style Tripod Side End Lamp Tables
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of flamed walnut with box wood inlay lamp side tables They are a very good looking well made a...
Walnut
Regency Chinoserie Lacquer Lamp Table, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Regency period Chinoserie lacquer lamp table, having an oriental scene painted on the top of people and children playing by the lake side...
Lacquer
19th Century English Regency Ebonized Desk
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century English Regency Ebonized Desk. Offered is an unusually shaped early 19th century period English Regency ebonized desk with two drawers which is finished on both sides. O...
Bronze
A French 19th century Wrought Iron and Gilt center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and handsome French 19th century Wrought Iron and Gilt center table. The table is raised by thick double scrolled iron supports flanking the central reserve with a gilt...
Wrought Iron
Leather Topped Regency Rectangular Mahogany Pedestal Table
Located in Shrewsbury, GB
Stylish Regency mahogany centre/ breakfast table in the neo-classical manner. the mahogany is fabulous quality and the top is laid well figured green leather top, with rounded corner...
Leather, Mahogany
Round Table in Mahogany Flame Veneers Regency Styled
Located in Prato, IT
Italy, 1960s handcrafted production Regency style In mahogany and mahogany flame veneers Restored and polished a shellac. Measures: Diameter 120 cm He...
Mahogany