William IV Furniture
WILLIAM IV STYLE
It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.
Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.
Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.
William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.
Find a collection of authentic William IV tables, armchairs, decorative objects and other 19th-century furniture and antiques on 1stDibs.
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Style: William IV
Antique Set 8 English William IV Barback Dining Chairs Circa 1830 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic English set of eight antique William IV barback dining chairs, circa 1830 in date.
The set comprising six side chairs and a pair of armchairs with drop in seats...
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English William IV Mahogany Tilt-Top Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 19th Century English Tilt-Top Table. Table is crafted in rich mahogany and features a well-figured top supported on a bold turn pedestal rising from a tripartite base with styl...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Drawing Room Sofa, English, Large 2 Seat Settee, Show Frame, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large drawing room sofa. An English, mahogany two seat settee with show frame, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Exquisite upholstery complements the striking ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique 15ft William IV Extending Dining Table & 16 chairs 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dining set comprising a large antique William IV mahogany extending dining table, circa 1830 in date and a set of sixteen Vintage balloon back dining chairs.
T...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Late 17th century dresser base incorporating earlier pieces
Located in London, GB
A well patinated and used late 17th century dresser or base table c.1680 incorporating earlier reused pieces. Side hung drawers are often seen on Jacobean or William IV furniture
A...
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17th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak
$1,751 Sale Price
50% Off
19th century William IV carved mahogany chaise longue
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century William IV carved mahogany chaise longue circa 1835.
Fine quality late William IV chaise longue, one of the most elegant you will find of it's type.
Profusely hand car...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
An English William IV Leather Reading Chair
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1840
A William IV leather library chair with curved back and circular seat, with buttoned seat and back, all supported on turned baluster legs terminating in brass ca...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Irish Silver Teapot, Dublin 1835 Patrick Laughlin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique Irish Silver Teapot, Dublin 1835 Patrick Laughlin. Large circular bombe form with repoussé and embossed foliage decoration on partial stippled background, rich foliage leaf c...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 6 William IV Grain Painted Rosewood Dining Room Chairs
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Set of 6 William IV grain painted rosewood dining room chairs, circa 1835. With a slightly concave crest rail, carved central back splat, faux leather seats, resting on ring turned c...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Mahogany, Paint
William IV Antique Library Table
Located in New York, NY
A William IV Rosewood Library Table Writing Desk. Wonderful 19th century William IV Library Table with rosewood top with molded edge and skirt, having rosewood banded apron set on ...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Antique William IV Quality Mahogany Chiffonier
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV quality mahogany chiffonier having a shaped carved top above a mahogany shelf supported by turned columns, figured mahogany top above one long drawer, quality carv...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$1,964 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Scottish William iv Manner Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and elegant Scottish, lightly veined statuary marble fireplace surround in the manner of William IV. A generous top shelf with rounded corners sits above a stepped full lengt...
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1930s Scottish Vintage William IV Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century Goncalo Alves partners desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality large early 19th Century Goncalo Alves (also known as tigerwood) partners desk, the moulded edge top having a olive green coloured leather writing surface decorated ...
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1840s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique English William IV Carved Mahogany Mirror Back Pier Console Hall Table
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique English William IV Empire style flame mahogany mirror back pier, console table circa 1830.
The table is made from fine figured flame mahogany with a stepped & gently c...
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1820s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique 14 ft 6" William IV Extending Dining Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique William IV mahogany dining table which can seat sixteen diners in comfort, Circa 1835 in date.
This beautiful table is in stunning flame mahogany and...
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Antique English Mirror Wall Sconces
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of 19th Century English wall sconces featuring faux tortoise lacquer panels, a mahogany frame with gilt plaster trim around a rectangular mirror and a brass candle hold...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
$5,600 / set
Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Georgian period mahogany and crossbanded Pembroke table. Crossbanded and string inlaid top and rounded twin flaps above a single drawer with crossbandin...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$5,750
Pair of English 12-inch Globes by William Harris, London, 1832 and 1835
By William Harris
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of 12-inch table globes
William Harris
London, 1832 and 1835
Slight abrasions from use; few cracks
lb 11 each (kg 5)
The two terrestrial and celestial globes rest in their original Dutch style stands with four supporting turned wood columns.
Each one measures 12 in in height x 16.5 in in diameter with the diameter of the spheres measuring approximately 12 in; 48 cm in height x 42 cm in diameter x 31 cm diameter of the spheres.
The 12 inch measure was the most frequently used by British manufacturers of globes of this period.
Each globe is composed of two series of twelve printed paper gores, aligned and glued onto plaster spheres.
The brass circle of the meridian bears engravings...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Paper, Wood
William IV Style Walnut Pedestal Dining Or Center Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A William IV style honey-tone wooden pedestal dining or center table with well figured top and frieze with round trim. The table with a slightly tapering pedestal surmounted on a tri...
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19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Howell, James & Co Sterling Silver by Thomas Whitehead
From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box. The Vanity Box of rectangular sha...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with floral sprays of engraved mother of pearl and brass
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this William IV Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box. The Sewing Box ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Georgian English Rosewood Jewellery Box by Edwards
Located in Northampton, GB
Rosewood Circa 1830
From our Jewellery Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box by Edwards, makers...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Country House Gothic Wardrobe
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful 19th century English oak country house gothic wardrobe with carved detail on the outside and a good fitted interior. 1830.
Code: 8754
Dimensions:
W: 83.5" (212.1 cm)
H: 8...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak
William IV Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with an inset tooled black leather writing surface with banded edge over a frieze containing two drawers with opposing working drawers on the reverse all with brass knobs...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Wiliam IV Center Table
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
19th Century English Wiliam IV Center Table
England, 1830
This is an elegant and rare English antique William IV centre / breakfast table, circa 1830 in date.
The table with stunnin...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Antique 14ft6" William IV Dining Table 19th Century & 16 Balloon back chairs
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic dining set comprising of an antique William IV dining table, Circa 1835 in date, with a set of sixteen Vintage balloon back dining chairs
This beautiful table...
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English Painted Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful early 19th century English painted breakfront bookcase. Good carved decoration and astragal glazing. Fitted with adjustable shelving. 1830.
Code: 8693
Dimensions:
W: 81.5...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak, Pine
English 19th Century Mahogany Trolley
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An English tea trolley or butler’s trolley with architectural inspiration. This 19th century mahogany antique has great presence in any room, notable f...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
William IVth C J Mason’s Porcelain Milk Jug or Pitcher Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Milk Jug or Pitcher, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
The...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$213 Sale Price
37% Off
English Neoclassic mahogany circular tilt top pedestal table, c. 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Neoclassic figured mahogany circular tilt top table with ogee edge above a shallow cross banded apron. The table top is supported by an octagonal tapered columnar pedestal on...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Drop Leaf Double Gate Leg Table
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Mahogany Gateleg Dropleaf Dining Table.
A good-sized 19th century rectangular top drop leaf dining table. The solid mahogany top having two drop-leaves, with good colour and patinati...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine original condition Library Chair with Leather Seat. The frame with handsome wood graining, pierced splat back, and overall sinuous form and having castored front legs. With g...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique English Mahogany Sideboard Server
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English sideboard handcrafted in mahogany featuring a gallery around the top with plate grooves and carved twisted rope edges on a case with three drawers and t...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Amboyna Sewing Box
By William Dobson
Located in Northampton, GB
Veneered in Amboyna Wood
From our Sewing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Amboyna Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular shape veneered in Amboyna with a circular mo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Bone, Shell, Amboyna
Traditional Style Walnut Rolling Bar Cart
Located in Westwood, NJ
Traditional style walnut rolling bar and serving cart accented with brass railing and handle. This bar cart is beautiful and functional. The inner top is inset with black granite all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,317 / item
William IV Rosewood Library Table
Located in King's Lynn, GB
William IV (1830-1837) Rosewood Library Table with a rectangular top, two frieze drawers and two dummy drawers on the reverse, raised on baluster supports on turned feet.
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Mahogany D Shaped Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
William IV plum pudding mahogany D shaped chest of drawers, circa 1840. With a single board D shaped top with reeded front and side edges, two top drawers and 3 graduated lower drawe...
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1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Dining Table, Thomas Treherne 1835-1842
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An impressive William IV figured mahogany extending dining table dating to the 1830s .
This table comes with provenance and is stamped with the makers details .
The table was ori...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany & Leather Library Chair
Located in Kent, Dover
An English, William IV mahogany library chair, with fluted legs and anthemion decoration. It has been upholstered in green leather, with buff leather buttoning.
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Wood William IV Sideboard / Credenza
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully hand crafted mahogany wood sideboard / credenza with two side doors and four pull front drawer with brass detail and key. The sideboard is very handsome and beautifully h...
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1920s European Vintage William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th century French inlaid mahogany 6 drawer inlaid chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French inlaid mahogany 6-drawer inlaid chest, circa 1830.
Early 19th century inlaid french mahogany 6-drawer chest with inlaid turned columns. Profusely inlaid on all s...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Quality Antique William IV Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV mahogany bookcase having a shaped cornice to the upper section over a pair of mahogany doors with brass grilles opening to reveal an interior with three ad...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$3,934 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique William 1V Silver Christening Mug With Acanthus Leaf Design 1831
Located in London, GB
Antique William V1 Silver Christening Mug With Acanthus Leaf Design 1831
Beautifully made by Henry Wilkinson & Company out of a nice heavy gauge of silver.
The cast handle has a love...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 15ft William IV Extending Dining Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful large antique William IV mahogany extending dining table, circa 1830 in date.
This amazing table can seat sixteen people in comfort and has been hand-crafted fr...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Set Of 12 William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4893 Fine quality set of twelve William IV dining chairs in mahogany, each chair having flamed mahogany top rail with fleur de lis carving and scroll carved mid rail above drop in ...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$13,407 / set
William IV period Mahogany Round Tilt-Top Dining Table Carved Claw Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
William IV period Walnut Round Tilt-Top Dining Table
Carved Feet on Pedestal Base
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique West Indies Carved and Caned Settee or Sofa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th Century West Indies settee handcrafted with mahogany in elegant form with caned back sides and seat featuring pegged construction, scr...
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Early 19th Century South American Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mid 19th Century Chess Top Lamp Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Mid 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Lamp Table, Or Occasional Table, Having Superbly Figured Circular Top With Attractive Chess Board Inlaid Decoration,...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$4,153 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique William IV Sterling Silver Presentation Cup, London, England, 1835
By Jason Hobbs
Located in Cagliari, IT
A fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver presentation cup by Jason Hobbs.
This presentation cup has a Campania form onto a knopped pedestal to a circular spr...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,611 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Hall Table, Scottish, Console, Side, Buffet Server, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hall table. A Scottish, mahogany console, side table or buffet server, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Superb example of Scottish craftsmanship, wit...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique William IV Quality Figured Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV quality figured mahogany sideboard having a quality raised superstructure with a shelf supported by attractive turned columns above a figured mahogany sideboard wi...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,636 Sale Price
20% Off
A Very Rare Massive Early 19th Century William IV Country House Dining Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare early 19th Century William IV mahogany extending Country House dining table of grand proportions, finely hand carved with beautifully rich patination and grain. This stu...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
William IV Maple Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular inset green leather with birds eye maple borders. The frieze with two drawers and two opposing false drawers all with decorated brass knobs. Trestle base with flattened b...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Top Quality William 4th Open Library Waterfall Bookcase
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A superb quality William 4th rosewood open waterfall library bookcase, three fixed shelves and two adjustable deep shelves, scrolled supports to the top, splits into three for moving...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Fine and Rare Anglo-Indian Padouk Wood Cabinet in Two Sections
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine and rare Anglo-Indian padouk wood cabinet on chest, the upper section with paneled doors opening to reveal 11 shelves lined in Fortuny style fabric over a central pull out she...
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1850s Indian Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Four Animal Stone Lithographs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing set of four 19th century hand colored stone lithographs depicting animal species by the prolific Swiss artist and print maker Karl Joseph Brodtmann. Presented under glass ...
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Early 19th Century Swiss Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$5,950 / set
Unusual Antique Quality William IV Leather and Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique quality William IV leather and mahogany library chair having a newly reupholstered seat and back in a quality chestnut colour leather, shaped open arms with turned su...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
$2,457 Sale Price
20% Off
English Day bed wood rest bed, William IV
By S XVIII English school
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding “bed de repos”, a multifunctional piece of furniture that can be used as a bed, as well as for resting, reclining or simply sitting. Its structure, of imposing dimension...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$6,326 Sale Price
49% Off
Antique William IV Silver 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set London, England 1834 - 1836
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Antique William IV Silver Tea & Coffee Set comprising of a Coffee Pot, a Teapot, a Sugar Bowl & a Cream / Milk Jug. This 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set has a gorgeous chased fl...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th century William IV mahogany library desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century william iv mahogany library desk circa 1835.
We are pleased to offer this William IV period library table in it's original patina.
Writing surface showcases the beauti...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William Iv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique William IV furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Chesterfield, Paul Storr, and PIETRA DURA . 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $130 and tops out at $121,043 while the average work can sell for $4,473.
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