Regency Tray 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 Tray Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tray Tables
Wood
1990s American Regency Tray Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Tray Tables
Metal
20th Century British Regency Tray Tables
Lacquer
20th Century British Regency Tray Tables
Lacquer
19th Century British Antique Regency Tray Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Regency Tray Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Paper
1830s Antique Regency Tray Tables
Walnut
1870s American Antique Regency Tray Tables
Silver Plate
1890s English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Oak
1870s English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Hardwood
1830s English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Brass
20th Century English Regency Tray Tables
Metal, Silver
19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Faux Bamboo
19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Tin, Tôle, Brass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Lacquer
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Lacquer, Paper
1960s French Vintage Regency Tray Tables
Chrome
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Tin
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Lacquer
1830s English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Late 19th Century British Antique Regency Tray Tables
Faux Bamboo
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tray Tables
Wood, Paper
19th Century Jamaican Antique Regency Tray Tables
Wood