Regency Bookcases
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
Antique English Regency Style Carved Mahogany Narrow Etagere, Circa 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
A patinated Antique English regency style mahogany narrow etagere in good condition.
Great for displaying arts and other ornamental objects. Height is...
Category
Early 20th Century American Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Grand Regency Style Bronze Mounted Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent grand library bookcase cabinet crafted from mahogany in the English regency taste. The two-part case features greco-roman neoclassical style columns in the front having bronz...
Category
20th Century American Regency Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
English Regency Mahogany Lyre Form Book Stand or Display, C. 1815 - 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a fine Regency period double bookstand, crafted in England circa 1815–1830. Constructed in solid mahogany, the bookstand exemplifies the restrained elegance and refined craft...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Pair of Monumental Regency Oval Astral Glazed Mahogany Library Bookcases, c.1810
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An extraordinary near pair of oversized Regency astral glazed library bookcases c.1810.
Demonstrating a remarkable pair of full-length oval astragal glazed doors to each - with car...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
George IV Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over three glazed doors enclosing shelves. Wood knobs. Locks and keys. Gadrooned plinth base.
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Mahogany Bookcase With Secretary Circa 1820
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb English mahogany bookcase from the first part of the 19th century with a secretary circa 1820
Very beautiful English work in mahogany which stands out for its very good quali...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Large Pair of Regency Style Quality Breakfront Bookcases
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large pair of regency style quality breakfront bookcases having a pair of white painted regency style open top breakfront bookcases above a pair of brass grille cabinets
H 247 x W 1...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Bookcases
Materials
Softwood
A Very Fine Regency Library Bookcase C1820s
Located in London, GB
A Beautiful Mahogany Regency Library Bookcase
This bookcase is of Pure Quality with Concaved Sides and Brass Beading along the Frames
Dates C1820
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Regency Open Bookcases in Walnut Open Front Bookcase
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of Regency Sheraton style open front bookcase in burl walnut
Tall and thin so elegant design to this piece
We can also split the pair up if you are looking for a single...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Pair Mahogany Open Front Bookcase - Regency Sheraton Bookcase
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are looking at a pair of English Sheraton style openfront bookcases hand crafted from the finest mahogany. This lovely pair are the perfect mix of decorative beauty and practical...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Regency Open Bookcases in Walnut Open Front Bookcase
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of Regency Sheraton style open front bookcase in burl walnut
Tall and thin so elegant design to this piece
We can also split the pair up if you are looking for a single...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Open Bookcase - Sheraton Regency Bookcases Open Front
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are looking at a single English Sheraton style openfront bookcase hand crafted from the finest walnut. This lovely piece is the perfect mix of decorative beauty and practical fun...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Regency Style Rosewood Bookcase/Cabinet with Gilt Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
Regency style rosewood bookcase with gilt and ebonized accents, grillwork cabinet doors above and curtained doors hiding six (6) interior drawers below, 19th century England.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Outstanding Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique regency mahogany secretaire bookcase having an unusual scroll shaped cornice above a pair of astral glazed doors opening to reveal three adjustable shelve...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Other
Two-Door Library Bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
Regency library bookcase the projecting cornice above two large glazed doors enclosing 5 adjustable shelves to each side the base section fitted with panelled cupboard doors opening ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Wood
English Regency Mahogany Glass Front and Satinwood Inlaid Book Case, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany book case with an arched cornice, corner urn finials resting on oval floral satinwood inlaid plinths, centered satinwood in...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Pair Regency Bookcases - Open Sheraton Satinwood 7 ft English
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning pair of English Regency style bookcases in gorgeous satinwood
We normally have similar bookcases in mahogany so it was a joy to find these in satinwood - perfect for modern ...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Altrincham, GB
George IV mahogany secretaire bookcase, the upper section with a pair of eliptical glazed doors, the base with satinwood lined serectair drawer above a further three long drawers on ...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
Regency Library Ladder English Mahogany Book Study Furniture
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Regency style library ladder in mahogany
Great looking interiors piece what scrolls around with seven steps
Perfect for the large bookcase or library study
Some of our items ...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Regency Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency Mahogany Secretary bookcase, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Vintage Two Drawer Bevan Funnell Flamed Hardwood Dwarf Open Library Bookcase
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage Bevan Funnell dwarf open library bookcase in flamed mahogany with twin drawers
...
Category
20th Century English Regency Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Wide Regency Open Bookcase - Mahogany Inlay Library Study
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Regency style open front bookcase in mahogany
Good size to this, very wide for all those books you never read
Hand crafted from mahogany with satinwood banding and inlay wor...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Large Late Regency Six Door Mahogany Bookcase Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and impressive late Regency six door mahogany bookcase attributed to Gillows, the upper section with a triple breakfront cornice above glazed doors with brass diamond trellis grilles, each enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled cupboards decorated with book-matched flame veneers between turned columns with palmette terminals. English, circa 1815.
Footnote. A double Breakfront Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1820
The bookcase of large form but of elegant proportions, having a pleasing low waist, always desirable on case furniture of this sort, brass grilles, a plinth base veneered in the finest mahogany and intriguing inlaid quatrefoil shaped escutcheons to the central doors.
Designed in the early 19th century “Roman” fashion, this bookcase is one of a small group of such pieces that have been linked in the past to designs provided by the Wyatt family of architects (see for example a bookcase of remarkably similar form offered by Christie’s in London on the 16th of December 2010 with an estimate of £40-£60,000). Although any link with Wyatt must remain purely speculative, the attribution of this bookcase to the firm of Gillows of Lancaster can be made with a much higher degree of confidence. This attribution is based partly on a fine suite of similar library bookcases supplied to Tatton Park and discussed in detail by Dr. Susan Stuart in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 375-377, plates 443 & 444. Of even greater interest is a design for a complete...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Small Antique Regency Quality Figured Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Small antique Regency quality figured mahogany secretaire bookcase having a quality carved mahogany cornice above a pair of unusual glazed moulded doors opening to reveal two adjusta...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Other
Waterfall Bookcase
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A five-tier waterfall bookcase of tapering form with blind fret and open fret decoration, the ends inset with brass retaining rods. Finished in an a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
American Regency Mahogany Hinged Bookcase w/ Orig. Glass on Bracket Feet C. 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
American Regency mahogany bookcase with a carved molded edge cornice, upper flanking hinged doors with original glass revealing three interior adjustable shelves, original locks with...
Category
1810s American Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Open Bookcase, Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront open bookcase, attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with three adjustable shelves, with tooled leather dust fringes, divided by four fluted p...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Oak Library Book Stand
Located in Wilson, NC
Antique Regency oak library book stand with two small drawer spaces. Drawers are missing. Scalloped edges on top right and left and two lower shelf display...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Regency Horner Style Carved Mahogany Griffin Bookcase Curio Stands - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Mahogany Regency Style Carved Griffin Bookcase Curio Stands in the Horner Style. Item features finely detailed full figured winged griffins, pierce carved gallery, column sup...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French Regency Painted Bookcases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Regence-style cream painted and gilt trimmed bookcase cabinets with 2 glass front doors with gilt pilaster column sides above 2 lower doo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Regency Six Tier Etagere Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Regency style six tier etagere bookcase with X frame supports, carved finials and a lower two drawer shelf.
Dimensions: 22" W x 10" D x 73.5" H.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Regency Rosewood Open Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with bronze gallery over two adjustable shelves. The whole flanked by fluted columns with carved acanthus.. Plinth base. Ex Stair And Co. NY. Sold for 34,000 in 2000.
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Regency Mahogany Lawyers Bookcase Wall Cabinet Biotech, 1811-1819
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th Century Regency Mahogany Lawyers Bookcase Wall Cabinet Biotech, 1811-1819 . Rare early 19th century Regency graduated lawyer’s bookcase cabinet . Tapered scale 13" depth to 17" at the base, which gives it a lot of charm and takes away the heavy look of some other bookcases.
All the original hardware still intact in lions head knobs with a ring This antique library bookcase has the original glass with one cracked that we never replace . Each shelf opens upward. 4 Regular size and the shelf on top of the Two lower drawers is for larger items to be exhibited and stored away.
Perfect for a library, lawyers office...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Wood
Antique pair of Regency period rosewood open bookcases
Located in London, GB
An attractive pair of early 19th Century rosewood Side Cabinets having panelled sides & gilded decoration throughout with adjustable shelves, supported on bracket feet.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Restored Regency Style Revolving Bookcase Drum Table in Hand Dyed Whiskey Brown
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely regency style revolving bookcase drum table with a whiskey brown hand-dyed leather top.
A very well-made and solid piece, Excellent ...
Category
20th Century British Regency Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Matched Pair of English Regency Style Bookcases
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a matched pair of Regency style bookcase or secretary made in England, circa 1940. These are a fantastic example of English bench made f...
Category
1930s British Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood
Regency Revival Open Bookcases Walnut Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair burr walnut open bookcases with satinwood crossbanded tops
In the Regency manner so clean and minimal design is perfect for modern interiors
Features adjustable height shelves c...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Regency Period 4-door Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A fine early 19th-century, Regency period four-door breakfront mahogany library bookcase. It features a moulded cornice above four astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves....
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Extraordinary And Monumental Antique Mahogany Bookcase Breakfront
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine and extremely well-crafted Breakfront in the English Style with great size and incredible attention to detail which includes Dove-Tail joinery. With particularly well-cho...
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
English Regency Style Mahogany Étagère
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) narrow mahogany mirrored back etagere with black marble top and upper shelf with gallery and bronze trim.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
19th century English Regency Mahogany Bookcase with Brass Grillwork
Located in Savannah, GA
Early 19th century English Regency bookcase featuring solid brass original grill work with gracefully curved doors. Inside there are three adjustable shelves with divider. Fluted det...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Brass
IMPORTANT PAIR OF 2.1 METER TALL REGENCY HARDWOOD WATERFALL LiBRARY BOOKCASES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare, Important and highly collectable pair of Regency circa 1810-1820 hand carved depicting flow...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood, Pine
Regency Open Front Bookcase - Mahogany Sheraton Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Viewings possible in our Hertfordshire warehouse - please contact for an appointment
Gorgeous single English Sheraton style low openfront bookcases hand crafted from mahogany
Hand cr...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Open Bookcase - Sheraton Regency Bookcases Open Front
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are looking at a single English Sheraton style openfront bookcase hand crafted from the finest walnut. This lovely piece is the perfect mix of decorative beauty and practical fun...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Open Bookcase, Regency Inlay Bookcases Study Interiors
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Regency style open front bookcase in walnut
Great thing about this piece is the size, plenty of width for all your books and tomes
Hand crafted from walnut with satinwood ...
Category
1980s Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Four Door Side Cabinet, Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront four door side cabinet, attributed to Gillows, the shaped top with a brass gallery above four doors fitted with trellis-and-rosette grilles relined...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Silk, Rosewood
Regency Style Library Room Cabinetry Reclaimed from Clothworkers' Hall
Located in Ware, GB
Along with various other pieces, this wonderful and complete set of bookcases was reclaimed from the Library room at the Clothworkers' Hall, London.
An impressive collection, the R...
Category
20th Century British Regency Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Walnut & Brass Open Bookcase
Located in Glasgow, GB
An antique English late Victorian walnut open bookcase bookcase in the Regency style, very nice quality and unusual in that the top has a pierced brass three quarter-gallery and reed...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Canterbury
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A good Regency rosewood canterbury: rare model with 2 drawers; the divisions in the form of an X supported by carved circular laurel wreaths; the t...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
George IV Yew-wood Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A George IV yew-wood veneered and crossbanded secretaire bookcase.
The upper part with a moulded cornice, fitted with adjustable shelves enclosed by a pair of Gothic pointed arch gla...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Yew
English Walnut Breakfront Bookcase Sheraton Regency
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning English Regency style breakfront bookcase with Sheraton inlay
Stands in at nearly seven feet tall so an impressive piece
Classic pediment top with hand carved details
Intric...
Category
1890s Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Vintage Italian Red Leather Bound "Patent Law" Faux Book Bookends (D) - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Red Leather Bound "Patent Law" Faux Book Bookends (D) - Pair. Item features leather-bound faux book form, gold gilt details, nice larger size, original aged/distresse...
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Wood
Restored Regency circa 1810 Revolving Hardwood Library Bookcase with Faux Books
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very fine, highly collectable original Regency circa 1810 revolving library bookcase in mahogany with leather faux books
If you are looking at this ...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Pair of Regency Style Mahogany Open Bookcase's
Located in Martlesham, GB
A nice pair of mid-20th century Regency style mahogany open bookcases, each bookcase having four adjustable shelves inside, decorat...
Category
1960s English Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Ebonized Bookcase with Gilt Detail
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage Regency style ebonized bookcase with gilt detail. Three sections with two adjustable shelves. Great as a media cabinet.
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Bookcases
Materials
Wood
148CM TALL RESTORED REGENCY STYLE REVOLVING HARDWOOD LiBRARY BOOKCASE TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very fine, highly collectable Regency style circa 1930's revolving library bookcase in mahogany
Please...
Category
1930s English Vintage Regency Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Antique 1810 Attributed to Gillows Metamorphic Leather Library Armchair Steps
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this large and collectable fully restored Regency circa 1810-1820 metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London
This wonderful piece of English history has been on a journey of restoration, the frame has been washed back and French polished by a Victorian trained polisher, the leather upholstery is all new, it is Italian cattle hide, upholstered plain then hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed, it has a lovely rich reddish brown colour to it.
This chair is larger than any other of its type you would have seen, it is an important and extremely expensive looking thing that commands attention in any setting. You can see the same model made by Gillows currently viewed in the Victorian & Albert Museum, below is an extra from their listing.
The period 1800-1825 was a great one for ‘patent’ or ‘metamorphic’ furniture This chair, which transforms into a short set of steps for use with bookshelves, is close to a design for a ‘Library Chair’ published in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts in July 1811, which was made by the London firm of Morgan and Saunders, of Catherine Street, Strand.
They were well known for their ingenious furniture, including reading chairs with writing surfaces attached and a great variety of travelling beds...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Pair of Fine Antique Regency Hardwood Brass Gallery & Marble Dwarf Bookcases
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of original Regency circa 1810-1820 mahogany open library bookcases with Italian marble tops surmounted with brass gallery rail...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Brass
Regency bookcases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency bookcases 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 bookcases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency bookcases 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 bookcases, popular names associated with this style include Gillows of Lancaster & London, Bevan Funnell Ltd., Williams & Gibton, and Arthur Brett. 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 bookcases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $971 and tops out at $128,000 while the average work can sell for $6,588.