Regency Chairs
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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21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Chairs
Wood
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany, Paint
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Regency Chairs
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Other
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Chairs
Porcelain, Upholstery, Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Chairs
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Regency Chairs
Upholstery, Cane, Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Chairs
Wood
1810s British Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
20th Century American Regency Chairs
Wood
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Muslin, Mahogany
1940s British Vintage Regency Chairs
Ebony, Mahogany, Giltwood
1720s French Antique Regency Chairs
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
1820s English Antique Regency Chairs
Brass
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Regency Chairs
Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Regency Chairs
Oak
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Velvet, Walnut
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Chairs
Goatskin, Leather, Cane
2010s American Regency Chairs
Brass
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Cane, Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Regency Chairs
Wood
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Upholstery, Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Other
1820s British Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
1970s French Vintage Regency Chairs
Metal, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Regency Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Ormolu
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
1970s Vintage Regency Chairs
Cotton, Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Chairs
Other
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Leather, Walnut
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Chairs
Brass, Ormolu
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
1930s Italian Vintage Regency Chairs
Cane, Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
20th Century French Regency Chairs
Silk, Cane
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Chairs
Leather
20th Century French Regency Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Wood, Beech
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Other
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Chairs
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Regency Chairs
Leather, Upholstery
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Hardwood
Early 19th Century French Antique Regency Chairs
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Chairs
Brass