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.
Baker Furniture Style French Empire Burl Wood and Gold Gilt Center Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Empire, Neoclassical, or Regency style pedestal breakfast table, center table, or game table In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa Late 20th Century Be...
Walnut, Giltwood, Burl
Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Regency Mahogany Partners desk. Drawers on both sides. Great proportion. Excellent quality...
Mahogany
Large Mahogany Georgian Style Dining Table by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a made-to-order Large Traditional mahogany banquet or dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of slip-matched swirly crotch mahogany from west Africa...
Mahogany
Baker Furniture English Regency Banded Mahogany Writing Desk or Console Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency or Georgian style drop leaf writing desk, console table, or sofa table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1940s Mah...
Brass
Regency Mahogany Pembroke Table, English, Early 19th Century
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Regency Mahogany Pembroke table. English, early 19th century. An elegant piece of furniture in perfect proportion. Delicate tapered legs sat upon the tiniest original brass castors, with decorative corner spandrels. Oak lined drawer with original lion head drawer...
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Regency mahogany sofa table, having two drawers to the front, and two faux drawers on the opposing side, supported by turned columns united by a turned str...
Mahogany
Elegant Black Marble Regency Style Coffee Table by Baker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Black Marble Regency Style Coffee Table, by Baker Furniture, circa 1970s. Constructed of a beautiful piece of black marble with gold veining over a black lacquered and parcel...
Marble
A Pair Of English Regency Style Brass Inlaid Rosewood Side Tables
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning pair of English Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Side Tables, made from deeply grained rosewood, a highly prized hardwood known for its deep, rich reddish-brown color. The pede...
Rosewood
Vintage Regency Giacometti Style Wrought Iron Rectangular Coffee Table Base
By Regency
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Regency Giacometti Style Iron Rectangular Coffee Table Base. Item features heavy wrought iron construction, cross stretch...
Wrought Iron
Late Regency Mahogany And Rosewood Drum Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular top with inset brown leather within a cross banded edge, conforming frieze with alternating drawers with brass knobs. Raise on a turned support with four saber legs with cas...
Brass
$6,191Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Hallway Side Table, English, Portico, Writing Desk, Regency, Circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hallway side table. An English, flame mahogany portico table or writing desk, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. Beautifully crafted Regency period side ta...
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency (Likely Irish, Early 19th Century) banded inlaid mahogany console table with concave front above lion headed reeded turned legs with paw feet.
Silver Plate
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
Giltwood
$1,071Sale Price|30% Off
20th Century Regency Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo with Glass Top Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 20th Century Regency Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo with beveled Glass Top Side Table. Very sturdy side table, with 1/3 thick beveled glass top insert. Measures 30.50" in width, 18.5"...
Steel
Crocodile Mahogany Side Table by Gillows of Lancaster & London, circa 1820
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An extremely fine circa 1820 side or writing table by legendary English cabinetmaking firm of Gillows of Lancaster and London of rectangular form having an exquisitely grained solid ...
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Period Ebonized Wood Console Tables with Gilt Greek Key
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Regency period ebonized wood console tables from the early 19th century, with gilded Greek Key friezes. Born in England during ...
Wood
English Regency Mahogany Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style (19th Cent) oval mahogany and gilt center table with scalloped edge and carved pedestal base.
Mahogany
Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Card Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality mahogany card table having a quality figured mahogany crossbanded swivel top opening to reveal a green baize mahogany frieze with a moulded edge supported by ...
Other
Regency Rosewood Library Table Attributed To Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Sherborne, GB
English rosewood library table, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London. With elaborate holly wood inlay/marquetry cross banding using Thomas Wilkinson’s tracings who was a dra...
Rosewood
Antique English Regency Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English writing desk handcrafted in mixed exotic hardwoods, featuring a tooled leather top on a case with five drawers inlaid with graceful floral designs and b...
Brass
Regency Mahogany Tray Table
Located in Essex, MA
Elegant proportions with rounded corners. 3/4 gallery with hand cutouts. Raised on square section legs.
Mahogany
A Mid-Eighteenth Century Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1780 A fine mid eighteenth century mahogany occasional table, crossbanded in satinwood, all supported on a splayed tripod base, with legs terminating in brass castors...
Brass
$23,700 / item
Regency Mahogany Double Pedestal Extending Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
The dining table shows the formal elegance and balanced design of early 19th-century dining furniture. Its long rectangular top features richly figured wood veneer, arranged in wide,...
Brass
19th French Regency Carved Walnut Console Table with Drawer & Marble Top
Located in Miami, FL
19th French Regency carved walnut console table with drawer & marble top 19th century French Regence style. White cream marble top with front drawer, over hand-carved frieze support...
Marble
6ft Regency Mahogany Round Pedestal Dining Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A magnificent and substantial and well-figured early 19th century solid mahogany circular dining table of exceptional scale. The circular table top is crafted of bookmatched highly f...
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Style Carved Italian Giltwood Console Table, 1990s
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Regency Style Carved Italian Giltwood console table Additional information: Materials: Giltwood, Mirror Color: Silver Peri...
Giltwood, Mirror
A Regency Rosewood Tea Poy Second Quarter 19th Century, Great Drinks Table.
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Regency Rosewood Tea Poy Second Quarter 19th Century Height 30 x width 14 x depth 11 1/2 inches.
Rosewood
Baker Furniture Regency Mahogany and Cane Two-Tier Coffee Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous English Regency or British Colonial style two-tier tea table or coffee table By Baker Furniture USA, Late 20th Century Carved mahogany, with caned shelves and glass to...
Cane, Glass, Mahogany
Large Custom Mahogany Regency Style Dining Table by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order large mahogany dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. This is one of our flagship tables and is known as the Ki...
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany 2 Tier Folding Muffin Cake Stand Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Regency Style Mahogany 2 Tier Folding Muffin Cake Stand Side Table. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H x 22" W x 13" D (open). 11" D (at base).
Mahogany
19th Century Regency Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality, Early 19th Century, Regency Period Mahogany Sofa Table, Having Well Figured Rectangular Drop Flap Top With Ebonised Inlay Decoration, Over Two Frieze Drawers Opposed ...
Mahogany
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 ...
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th century English satinwood drinks table with ebony inlay, great patination
Located in Buchanan, MI
19th century English satinwood drinks table with ebony inlay, amazing color and patination.
Satinwood
Regency Mahogany Library Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Regency mahogany library table features twin hinged, solid mahogany leaves that can either extend the top as writing surfaces or be used as book supports for reading. Underneath the...
Mahogany
$82,549Sale Price|20% Off
Large Regency period Specimen marble centre table, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful Regency period carved giltwood center table, with a grand tour Italian specimen marble inlaid circular top, the inlays including giallo di Siena, brocatello di Spagna, Ve...
Marble
Regency Mahogany And Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Removed from the one time residence of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies Beverly Hills home. With rectangular top with 3/4 brass gallery and blac...
Mahogany
Custom Round Mahogany Regency Style Dining Table by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order round traditional mahogany dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a radial cut field of West African swirly crotch mahogany and two borders of...
Mahogany
Regency Style Oak Console Table with Three Drawers by Garners Antiques
Located in Uppingham, GB
Three Drawer, Regency Style Console Table. Featuring finely fluted legs, figured Oak, Three Drawers and a potboard shelf, it combines elegance with practical storage, making it ideal...
Wood, Oak
Parcel Gilt Carved Wood Flower Dining or Center Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Exceptional Italian mid century table with a carved organic floral motif, handcrafted in walnut having a parcel gilt top with exposed walnut layered with contrived aging. The gilt ca...
Walnut
Vintage Boho Inlaid Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of classic elegance to your living space with this Vintage Regency Octagonal Inlaid Coffee Table. Perfect for American-style interiors, this table features an intricately...
Wood
Antique English Regency Rosewood Tilt Top Centre Table C.1820
Located in London, GB
Antique English Regency Rosewood Tilt Top Centre Table C.1820, with a tapering central column with lapet carving at the base, over a tripartite base on turned feet. Stamped 'P Campbe...
Rosewood
English Regency Style Brown Lacquered Tray Top Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style (19/20th Century) brown lacquered tray top coffee table with decorative floral design and a black lacquered and gilt double fa...
Faux Bamboo
Custom Leighton Hall Traditional Mahogany Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a made-to-order traditional mahogany dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of reverse slip-matched...
Mahogany
Antique Regency Style Chess Table
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique Regency style chess table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1950’s. It is beautifully designed and is of very high quality. The frame is inlaid ...
Satinwood, Walnut
Regency Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset tooled red leather top and cross banded edge over three drawers front and back. Raised on circular tapered legs. Casters. Sold Bonhams , London, February 1...
Brass
Regency Mahogany Twin Pillar Dning Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very fine quality Regency period mahogany twin pillar extending dining table having exceptionally well figured top to tilting ends and original removable leaf raised on turned cent...
Mahogany
19th Century Regency Mahogany Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality Regency mahogany dining table. Each end is supported by a turned pedestal above four swept legs, terminating on brass castors, flanking a centre section on...
Mahogany
English Mahogany Writing Table, Early 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite writing desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th century. A luxurious leather-covered top pr...
Brass
Regency Mahogany Demi-Lune Console Table, c.1815
Located in Savannah, GA
A Regency mahogany demi-lune console table, circa 1815. The rounded demi-lune top raised on four tapering fluted legs ending in brass ball feet with patination. Bleached finish o...
Mahogany
Antique Gentlemans Satinwood Rosewood Crossbanded Speciman Cabinet Early 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-Lune fold-over games table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin
Exquisite Antique Regency Freestanding Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
An elegant early 19th-century Regency mahogany freestanding sofa table of refined form and superb craftsmanship. The beautifully figured top finished in a rich lustrous patina featu...
Mahogany
Antique Yew Wood Oyster Veneer Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous antique yew wood oyster veneer coffee table. It is in the Regency style, this was made in England and dates from around the 1930’...
Yew
$10,442
Grand Tour Leopard Console
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Grand Tour and Regency stylised console table with fluted frieze, platform base and mirror back. Supported by fantasy leopard monopodae. Please note we are currently working to a ...
Mahogany
English Regency Bronze Pen Tray
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) rectangular bronze pen tray with dolphin and floral relief edge.
Bronze
Regency Pedestal Desk Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A handsome mahogany pedestal desk of classic English form in the Regency style, combining elegance with practicality Raised upon a plinth base for stability and refined proportion Fi...
Mahogany
Georgian Opulence: Henry Clay's Lacquered Papier-mâché Tray on Faux Bamboo Stand
By Henry Clay
Located in Downingtown, PA
Georgian Opulence: Henry Clay's Lacquered Papier-mâché Tray on Faux Bamboo Stand This striking piece is a Burgundy-Ground Lacquered Papier-mâché Tray on a Faux Bamboo Stand, dating ...
Other
$6,383Sale Price|20% Off
Regency style Triple pedestal Mahogany dining table, 10' in length
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Regency-style dining table, crafted from solid mahogany, showcases a stunning patina that enhances its timeless elegance. Circa 1920, it features a beautifully re...
Mahogany
Large Mahogany Regency-Style Banquet Dining Table by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a made-to-order Large Traditional mahogany banquet/dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of slip-matched swirly crotch mahogany from west Africa an...
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
A Pair of Regency style Rosewood, Leather & Bronze Mounted Three-Tier End Tables
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and sophisticated pair of Regency-style three-tier end tables, crafted in Argentina circa 1900, showcasing exceptional materials and classical influence. Each table is constru...
Bronze
Baker Furniture Stately Homes Regency Carved Mahogany Marble Top Center Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Regency or Empire style tea table or center table By Baker Furniture, "Stately Homes" Collection USA, Circa Late 20th Century Gorgeous carved mahogany, with b...
Marble, Brass