French Red Enameled Iron and Brass Side Chairs with Stylized Wreath Detail 1940s
By Dorothy Draper, René Prou
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Every angle of these chic French chairs emanates a sense of high style and confidence.
Brass, Iron, Enamel
Vintage French Hollywood Regency Flared Arm Cream Painted Pink Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Hollywood Regency Flared Arm Cream Painted Pink Arm Chair.
Wood, Paint
Lucite Folding Chair by Yonel Lebovici and Bernard Berthet for Marais Int France
By Marais international
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Lucite Folding Chair by Yonel Lebovici and Bernard Berthet for Marais International Known As "Les Invisibles" Seat is composed of three acrylic slats slightly curved which makes for...
Stainless Steel
Vintage Velvet Fauteuil Chairs With Caterpillar Fringe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking pair of vintage fauteuil chairs offers a masterful blend of French Neoclassical elegance and mid-century Hollywood Regency glamour.
Velvet, Wood
French Designer, Hollywood Regency, Arm Chairs, Ebonized Wood, Europe, 1950s
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Napoleon style ebonized fauteuils, 20th century, each with domed back and scrolled arms, padded back and seat, brass accents on tip of the arms.
Brass
Faux Bois French Louis Style Dining Chairs with Cane Back- Set of 8
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Faux Bois Dining Chairs with Cane Backs in the French Style. Very rare to have a large set of 8 in great condition. Seats in nice condition or recover with your favorite fa...
Wood
Pair of Faux Bois French Style Fauteuils Arm Dining Chairs - a Pair -B
By Kreiss
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Faux Bois French Style Fauteuils Arm Dining Chairs a Pair. We have 2 pairs available that would be an amazing grouping of 4 frames. Unusual and rare to have pairs of Faux Bois Arm Ch...
Wood
Jansen Director Chairs With Tan Leather and Bronze Details - a Pair
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jansen Director Chairs in a fixed position with tan leather and Bronze details on front and reverse - a Pair. Very comfortable and extremely rare. Add some French Chic and Hollywood ...
Wood
Set of Four Faux Bamboo Chairs in Gilt Iron, Original Green Upholstery, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
This stunning set of chairs will be a glamourous Hollywood Regency addition to any interior design decoration.
Gold Leaf, Iron
Vintage Hollywood Regency French Provincial Louis XV Style Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Vintage Hollywood Regency French Provincial Louis XV Style Arm Chairs.
Wood
Vintage French Hollywood Regency Rolled Back Fireside Parlor Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Hollywood Regency Rolled Back Fireside Parlor Arm Chairs - a Pair.
Fabric, Mahogany
Vintage French Provincial Hollywood Regency Tall Back Lounge Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Vintage French Provincial Hollywood Regency Tall Back Lounge Arm Chairs.
Fabric, Wood
Maison Jansen, Louis XVI Armchairs, Giltwood, Fabric, France, 20th c.
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Louis XV style lounge chairs by Maison Jansen in their original fabric. A finely carved pair of chairs having a distressed finish with open side arms. Each in a clean flora...
Wood
Vintage burl wood and lacquer dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black lacquered wooden dining chairs with inserted burl wood panels and grey simili leather seats. They can also be upholstered uppon request 1980s - France Dimensions: He...
Faux Leather, Burl, Lacquer
$2,580Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 6 Exotic Burl Amboyne Inlay with Hand Stitched Seat - Dining Chairs
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Set of 6 1940's French Hollywood Regency Dining Chairs. Exotic Burl Amboyna wood inlay.
Wood
Set Six Vintage Paint Decorated And Vinyl Dining Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
French 19th century style side chairs with extended rounded crest rails. The carved wood frames in distressed white paint. Raised on tapering cylindrical fluted legs. Green vinyl uph...
Brass, Other
Pair of Jansen Distressed Sherpa Upholstered Side Chairs
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Jansen distressed Sherpa upholstered side chairs. Each having a cameo back on a distressed from worn and beaten in new Sherpa like fabric. The pair with fine twisted reeded l...
Wood
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Six White Lacquer Queen Anne Dining Chairs
By Tony Duquette
Located in New York, NY
Great set of decorative Queen Anne style white lacquer dinning chairs, with original Jack Lenor Larsen fabric seats. These chairs are in overall very good condition, showing some cos...
Wood
$5,000Sale Price / set|30% Off
Set of Six Jansen Style Dining, Side Chairs, Faux Linen Painted, New Upholstery
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of Six Maison Jansen Style Parcel Gilt and Paint Decorated Louis XVI style Dining or Side Chairs. Each in a new upholstery with new springs and welts. The set with fine sleek and...
Fabric, Wood
French Country Style Hollywood Regency Green Painted Dining Side Chairs - Set 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Country Style Hollywood Regency Green Painted Dining Side Chairs - Set of 4.
Fabric, Wood
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Lovely Pair Tufted French Provincial Style Upholstered Arm Chairs Hollywood
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely pair of French Provincial Dorothy Draper style tufted upholstered armchairs. The legs and arm details have a distressed yellow glazed finish which gives the chair a charming ...
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage Decorative French Style Arm Chairs - Set of 2
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a pair of Vintage Decorative French Style Arm Chairs. Featuring a painted wooden frame, swirling arms, French style leg, and an original orange upholstery! This i...
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of French Provincial Louis XV Caned Carved Fauteuils or Arm Chairs
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous pair French Provincial armchairs carved wooden frames, cane backs, and orange silk taffeta plaid upholstery. These are Louis XV style caned armchairs, specifically a type kn...
Upholstery, Cane, Wood
Mid 20th C Petite French Velvet Cocktail Chair in Sage Green with Bullion Fringe
Located in London, GB
An exquisite piece of mid-century French design, reflecting the high-caliber craftsmanship of an anonymous Parisian atelier. This elegant and wonderfully scaled cocktail or boudoir c...
Metal
The California-born style of Hollywood Regency, also known as Regency Moderne, emerged during the Golden Era of cinema from the 1920s to the ’50s. Decadent and bold, vintage Hollywood Regency furniture and interiors playfully mix colors like jewel tones and hot pinks with lacquered walls, gilded accents, mirrored surfaces and metallic finishes for maximalist spaces.
Although it involved elements of the coinciding Art Deco movement, such as a preference for clean lines, Hollywood Regency was much more opulent, inspired by glamorous movie stars and the lavish set designs for films being made in Tinseltown. Furniture designers associated with the style embraced an eclectic range of influences, including throwbacks to previous styles of grandeur, such as Rococo, neoclassical and chinoiserie, as well as materials, from bamboo dining chairs to lucite bar carts to sunburst mirrors made from gilded resin. Hollywood Regency end tables, floor lamps, chandeliers and other pieces tended to be small-scale, fitting into an overall design rather than serving as a focal point.
Interior decorator Dorothy Draper led the shaping of the Hollywood Regency style and also designed iconic pieces like the España chest, which was manufactured by Henredon. Virginia native William “Billy” Haines, a furniture designer who started as an actor, contrasted hand-painted wallpaper with Chinese ceramics and Chippendale chairs, while architect John Elgin Woolf imbued his Beverly Hills designs with theatrical details. Paul Revere Williams, a trailblazing African-American architect, was pivotal in defining the look through his commercial projects, such as the 1940s Beverly Hills Hotel and bespoke homes that mixed everything from Louis XV paneling to Georgian architecture.
Find a collection of vintage Hollywood Regency bedroom furniture, tables, seating and other pieces on 1stDibs.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.