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Regency Decorative Art

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
Schumacher by Miles Redd Villa Wallpaper Mural in Sky
Located in New York, NY
Villa is a panel design that instantly creates the look of a tented room. Its scalloped border and chic painterly tassels add instant personality to a room. Tenting ends at 53 ½”. P...
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2010s British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

19th Century Hand Colored Fruit Botanicals In Gilt Wood Frames, Group of 10
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American framed still life depictions of fruit, set of 10. Group of 10 small framed still life depictions of fruit, to include: watercolor theorem depicting apples on a...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Giltwood, Paper

Schumacher by Miles Redd Madame de Pompadour Wallpaper Mural in Alabaster
Located in New York, NY
English Garden meets chinoiserie in this stunning design, in collaboration with Miles Redd. Originally drawn to scale on French canvas, this vast floral pattern is comprised of two 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Pair of Late Regency Hunt Engravings in Period Frames
Located in Hudson, NY
These two works commemorate the great English pastime of gentlemen hunt parties and social gatherings surrounding the land and its produce to those who own it. This very nice pair of...
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1830s English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Chatoant Wallpaper Mural in Blush
Located in New York, NY
An ethereal water garden of lily pads, lotuses, and wispy vines materialize from layers of translucent paint in artist Colette Cosentino’s otherworld...
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2010s British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Schumacher Amaltas Wallpaper Mural in Blue & Red
Located in New York, NY
Otherworldly and enchanting, this blue-and-red Amaltas Panel is a wallpaper based on an 18th century block-printed fabric document discovered in our archives. A forest of exotic flow...
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2010s American Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

English Regency 'Boulle Work' Inlaid Still Life Pictures, Pair, circa 1815
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful and rare pair of circa 1815 English regency "boulle work" or "buhl work" still life pictures, the parcel-gilt black lacquered cove-mold frames of rectangular form having ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Silver Plate, Brass, Copper, Pewter

Gilded Mirror Regency Style 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful mirror, Regency style, a transitional style between the Louis XIV and Louis XV styles. One recognizes this style with its numerous volutes, shells and leaves. A very d...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Mirror, Wood

Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Brindille Wallpaper Mural in Dove
Located in New York, NY
In artist Colette Cosentino's fantastical dreamscape of a forest, multi-layered applications of acrylic and metallic paints accumulate into a dark, a...
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2010s British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Schumacher by Miles Redd Madame de Pompadour Wallpaper Mural in Aqua
Located in New York, NY
English Garden meets chinoiserie in this stunning design, in collaboration with Miles Redd. Originally drawn to scale on French canvas, this vast floral pattern is comprised of two 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Schumacher Amaltas Wallpaper Mural in Document
Located in New York, NY
Otherworldly and enchanting, this blue-and-red Amaltas Panel is a wallpaper based on an 18th century block-printed fabric document discovered in our archives. A forest of exotic flow...
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2010s American Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Schumacher by Miles Redd Madame de Pompadour Wallpaper Mural in Blush
Located in New York, NY
English Garden meets chinoiserie in this stunning design, in collaboration with Miles Redd. Originally drawn to scale on French canvas, this vast floral pat...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Sirene Wallpaper Mural in Dusk
Located in New York, NY
Artist Colette Cosentino blurs and blends a twilit sea and sky into abstractions of tonal color for this atmospheric mural, digitally printed in two ...
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2010s British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Schumacher Amaltas Wallpaper Mural in Green & Yellow
Located in New York, NY
Otherworldly and enchanting, this blue-and-red Amaltas Panel is a wallpaper based on an 18th century block-printed fabric document discovered in our archives. A forest of exotic flow...
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2010s American Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Antique 19th Century Regency Wall Panel of Dragon Crest
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique 19th century Regency hand crafted crest on a wooden wall panel. The crest depicts a handsome pair of mirroring dragons with elaborate tails and wings with a plain shield ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Wood

Early 19th Century Fancy Maiden Miniature Portrait Embroidered Frame
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Hand painted early 19th century miniature under glass. Finely painted details on this lovely lady. In a brass oval frame, with floral embroidery surround. Painting measures 2.5 in x...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Metal

18th cent Woman in Blue Dress European Miniature Portrait Tempera Painting
Located in Malmö, SE
Antique depiction of a Woman Dressed Blue .. ca. late 18th - early 19th cent. European Tempera painting on plate under original /a bit bubbled Glass plate in original metal frame. To...
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1880s French Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Gold, Bronze

Antique European miniature Painting Portrait of a Boy
Located in Malmö, SE
Ca. early 19th century miniature tempera on panel hand - painting of a boy. Period gilt frame with original convex glass covers on both sides. Unframed measures Ø 62 mm unframed and...
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1880s French Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Gold, Bronze

Antique Painting Portrait of Dona Maria I the Mad of Portugal and Brazil
Located in Malmö, SE
Ca. late 18th - early 19th century miniature tempera on panel hand - painting of Dona Maria I (Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana, born on 17 December 1734, a...
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1810s Portuguese Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Gold, Bronze

1814 SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY CIRCLE OIL PAINTING ROBERT 4TH EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHiRE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wimbledon-Furniture Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this stunning oil painting portrait, signed to the bottom left Robert 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire 1814 and printed to the back “prepared by Roberson & Miller 51 Long Acre London” the painting is the circle of Sir William Beechey Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price A very attractive portrait of Robert seated at his desk in rather stately looking attire. The frame is the original gilt wood and quite an expensive piece on its own The condition is very good, it is over 200 years old so there will be touch ups and restorations that have occurred, there is no damage to note that I can see or feel Dimensions Height:- 112.5cm Width:- 92cm Depth:- 7cm This painting as mentioned is the circle of Sir William Beechey Sir William Beechey RA (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a leading English portraitist during the golden age of British painting. Early life Beechey was born at Burford, Oxfordshire, on 12 December 1753, the son of William Beechey, a solicitor, and his wife Hannah Read. Both parents died when he was still quite young, and he and his siblings were brought up by his uncle Samuel, a solicitor who lived in nearby Chipping Norton. The uncle was determined that the young Beechey should likewise follow a career in the law, and at an appropriate age he was entered as a clerk with a conveyancer near Stow-on-the-Wold. But as The Monthly Mirror later recorded in July 1798, he was: "Early foredoomed his [uncle's] soul to cross/ And paint a picture where he should engross." Beechey was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1772, where he is thought to have studied under Johan Zoffany. He first exhibited at the Academy in 1776. His earliest surviving portraits are small-scale full-length and conversation pieces which are reminiscent of Zoffany. In 1782, he moved to Norwich, where he gained several commissions, including a portrait of Sir John...
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1810s English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

Vintage Tole Hand Painted Woodland Cottage Landscape Framed Metal Toleware
Located in Dayton, OH
An elegant hand painted toleware landscape. Features colorful hand painted scenes set within cameos. A black background with gold foliate and beaded design. Framed within a Regency s...
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Late 20th Century Regency Decorative Art

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Metal

Portrait of Infant Margarita Teresa Juan Bautista Martine Del Mazo Queen, Spain
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Teresa Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Queen of Spain) A very sweet ...
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1820s Austrian Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Wood

John Ogilby Oxford to Salisbury Road Map #83 Circa 1675
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Ogilby (Scottish, 1600-1676). - Circa 1675 This map is part of his Britannica publication and is #83. "The road map was first popularised by John Ogilby (1600-1676), Scotsm...
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17th Century Scottish Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Burl, Paper

19th Century 'Regency Period, 1820s' English Giltwood Convex Mirror with Unusual
Located in North Miami, FL
19th Century (Regency Period, 1820s) English giltwood convex mirror with unusual bold carved eagle surmounted to top and foliate carved decoration on bottom.  
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19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Wood, Giltwood

Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Sirene Wallpaper Mural in Opal
Located in New York, NY
Artist Colette Cosentino blurs and blends a twilit sea and sky into abstractions of tonal color for this atmospheric mural, digitally printed in two ...
Category

2010s British Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Schumacher by Miles Redd Villa Wallpaper Mural in Dove
Located in New York, NY
Villa is a panel design that instantly creates the look of a tented room. Its scalloped border and chic painterly tassels add instant personality to a room. Tenting ends at 53 ½”. P...
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2010s British Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Regency Oval Silk Embroidery of a Shepherdess
Located in New York, NY
Extremely fine embroidery of a neoclassical maiden dressed as a shepherdess in a forest with a rustic thatched cottage in background. Wonderful use of short and long stitches and sha...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Silk

Fine quality Regency period Paper-macha tray by Jennens & Bettridge.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality early 19th Century Paper Macha tray with scrolling gilded decoration to the boarder, having this wonderful hand painted lake and mountain scene, with people by the sho...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Lacquer

Antique English Regency Framed Folk Art Needlepoint Depicting a Persian Man
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed antique folk art needlepoint is signed on the back, possibly Emily Leanora, but is highly illegible so the artist is being regarded as an unknown. This needlepoint was done in England is circa 1810 in the Regency period and style and depicts a Persian man...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Cotton

Woman Artist-Madame Pauline Knipp Engraving of an Exotic Pigeon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Madame Pauline Knipp engraving of a pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Plate 2, Paris 1809-1811. A remarkable ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Regency Decorative Art

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Paper

Antique Marble Relief Wall Hanging
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique marble relief wall hanging of a young child’s head in right-facing profile within an oak frame circa 1800. Dating from the Georgian er...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Regency decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Regency decorative art 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 decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, mirrors, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency decorative art 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 decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Schumacher, Miles Redd, george brookshaw, and Staffordshire. 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 decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $19,500 while the average work can sell for $1,704.

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