Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
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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1990s American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Giltwood
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
2010s English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Nickel
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
1920s French Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze, Iron
20th Century Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Iron
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass, Silver Plate
19th Century British Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
20th Century Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
1970s German Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
Early 20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Silver Plate, Brass
1810s English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Early 20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
1880s French Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1920s French Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
1810s Great Britain (UK) Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
1890s English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal
Early 18th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
1880s French Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1930s French Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
20th Century French Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Gold Plate
1920s French Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
1920s French Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
Early 1900s French Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century American Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
20th Century Italian Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1820s British Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Cut Steel, Ormolu
1970s Czech Vintage Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass, Steel
1820s English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Cut Glass
19th Century English Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
19th Century Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
19th Century British Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Ormolu, Bronze
20th Century Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
1820s Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
1810s Austrian Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
Early 1900s French Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Wood
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
19th Century European Antique Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Bronze