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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Simple English Fireplace in Italian Arabescato Marble
Located in London, GB
A simple English fireplace in Italian Arabescato marble. The jambs surmounted by moulded capital, with stepped frieze. Plain shelf above. A copy of an original Regency fireplace. N.B...
Marble
Period Regency Brass & Steel Register Grate
Located in London, GB
A good quality Regency brass and steel register grate. The elegant reeded columns surmounted by scroll and leaf capitals with bullseye end panel above, the pierced brass fret with de...
Brass, Steel
English Regency Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An attractive English Regency style white marble fireplace. The frieze with flowing vines and grapes, and the jambs with tapering pilasters with tie ribbons with vine leaves trailing...
Marble
Carved Antique Adam Style Sandstone Garden Urn
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Sourced from a country estate in the west of Scotland UK, this hand carved Adam style sandstone urn is a spectacular ornament for a prestigious garden or townhouse courtyard. Dating ...
Sandstone
Regency Style White Marble Fireplace with Black Inlay
Located in London, GB
A Regency style white marble fireplace. The jambs and frieze with black Greek key inlay, the frieze with carved paterae to end blocks and finely cast composite centre featuring danci...
Marble
Most Elegant Regency Style Polished Iron Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A most elegant Regency style polished iron firegrate of arched form, with reeded front overlaid with steel cross band ribbons. Steel centre patera with leaf and claw feet, and flame ...
Iron
English Stone Fireplace in the Regency Style
Located in London, GB
An English stone fireplace in the Regency style. The tapering jambs surmounted by shaped end blocks carved with palmettes. The frieze with cen...
Stone
Set of Salvaged Victorian Pine Window Shutters
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of reclaimed pine window shutters. Additional Dimensions: Width 119.5 – 126 cm (sides cut to an angle).
Wood, Pine
$1,469Sale Price|24% Off
Regence style tripod giltwood stand
Located in Paris, FR
Stand or torchiere holder in gilded wood, molded and carved with shells, scrolls and acanthus leaves on a tripod base. Regency style. It can hold a torchiere or a vase. What is a torchiere? The word torchere is first mentioned, according to Harvard, in the dictionnaire de l'Académie in 1696, but, the author points out, the term had already been in use for more than twenty years. At first, the torchere seems to have been a large candlestick, significantly larger and sturdier than ordinary candlesticks. Towards the end of the 17th century, the torchiere included several torches. This multiplied the number of lighting sources. A little later, the torchiere was transformed into a pedestal table on which candlesticks, candelabras and girandoles were placed. Intended for the homes of the wealthy classes, the silver torchiere...
Giltwood
Polished Brass & Steel Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A Regency style polished steel and brass firebasket. The ornate cast brass enrichments to base with shaped front and brass finials. Decorative cast iron back behind. English, 20th ce...
Steel, Brass
Regency Style White Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A good quality English Georgian style fireplace in white marble. The moulded shaped jambs surmounted by Greek key pattern frieze and straight moulded shelf. Copy of an early 19th cen...
Marble
Regency Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Regency style fireplace in white marble. The tapering panelled jambs surmounted by classical urns to side blockings, the panelled frieze surmounted by reeded shelf above. A copy of...
Marble
English Regency Polished Steel Urn Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A polished cast iron urn firegrate in the Regency style. The oval shaped burning area with wrought iron handles to sides and swags, oval paterae and rams heads below. The decorative ...
Steel
$17,451 / item
Regency Style Black Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Regency style black marble fireplace. The reeded jambs of bolection moulding, the frieze with centre panel surmounted by reeded shelf. A copy...
Marble
White Marble Fireplace in the Soanian Style
Located in London, GB
An English white marble fireplace in the Soanian manner. The reeded moulding to jambs and frieze with centre plaque and arched end blockings. A Fine copy of an original piece. N.B. M...
Marble
English Bath Stone Regency Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An English Bath stone fireplace in the Regency style. The panelled frieze and jambs with Greek key motif surmounted by Anthemion leaf. A good quality copy...
Stone
English Steel Firegrate with Ball Finials
Located in London, GB
An English steel firegrate with a contemporary feel. The square uprights surmounted with collared ball finials, the basket area with steel finials and circular front bar with ring de...
Steel
19th Century Fireplace in Italian Bardiglio Marble
Located in London, GB
An large and impressive carved fireplace in grey Bardiglio marble. The panelled jambs surmounted by end blocks featuring carved grapes and leaves, the matching centre block with addi...
Marble
'Androcles and the Lion' an Early Regency Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Regency style white marble fireplace with reeded and ribboned frieze and jambs. The carved centre panel depicting a scene of Androcles and the lion, with associated lions heads to side blockings. Reeded shelf. A copy of an early 19th century original. The moral of this fable, reputedly by Aesop, celebrating the reciprocity of kindness and friendship between man and beast, whereby an escaped slave helps a wounded lion...
Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century Pine Fireplace Featuring Aesop's Fable
Located in London, GB
A good quality and unusual early 19th century pine fireplace. The carved centre plaque depicting the Aesop's fable of "The Dog and Its Reflection." The frieze with swags and floral g...
Pine
English White Marble Fireplace in the Regency Style
Located in London, GB
An English white marble fireplace in the Regency style. The fluted panelled frieze bordered by beads, shaped fluted jambs surmounted by carved round paterae and beading. A quality co...
Marble
19th Century Regency Limestone Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
An attractive period English Regency limestone fireplace. The jambs and frieze with Greek key motif, the end blockings with carved lion's masks with moulded shelf above. Early 19th c...
Limestone
Carved English Antique Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A carved English antique fireplace in statuary marble. The jambs with tapering pilasters featuring finely carved bell drops and drapery surmounted by stiff acanthus leaf capitals. Th...
Statuary Marble
English 19th Century Regency Style Satinwood Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant English 19th century Regency st. Satinwood pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by a square base with a finely carved wrap around gadroon design. Above the lightly curv...
Satinwood
18th Century French Regency Limestone Mantelpiece in Peach Color
Located in Baambrugge, NL
18th century French Regency (Régence) mantelpiece, made of peach colored limestone. The Régence was the period in French history between 1715 and 1723, when King Louis XV was a mi...
Limestone
$12,222
Antique Hob Grate
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Antique Georgian brass and iron hob grate with moulded brass pilasters, chamfered side cheeks and apron. The iron back plate is highly decorative and beautif...
Brass, Iron
Regency Style Fireplace In White Carrara Marble, Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Regency Style Fireplace In White Carrara Marble Hearth dimensions: 109.5 x 83 cm
Marble, Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century Regency Neoclassical Firegrate after Robert Adam
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency neoclassical firegrate in the manner of Robert Adam. The pierced serpentine fretwork raised over square tapering leg on block foot surmounted by finials, w...
Brass, Iron
Large Regency Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large Regency white statuary marble Chimneypiece with reeded and moulded jambs and panelled frieze, which is flanked by a pair of carved foliate rosette corner blocks, beneath a si...
Marble
Antique English Regency Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An elegant and refined English Regency chimneypiece in white statuary marble. The moulded shelf supported on finely fluted panelled jambs under triple carved circular rosettes on the...
Statuary Marble
Large Regency Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An imposing Regency statuary marble chimneypiece with a bold geometric design to the frieze and the jambs, and laurel wreath endblocks. This strikingly modern design embedded within ...
Statuary Marble
Large Regency Cast Iron Fire Basket Circa 1820
Located in London, GB
Large Regency cast iron fire basket circa 1820 A large English Regency cast iron fire basket, with two wolfhound andirons with rings in their ...
Brass, Iron
$1,800 / set
One Pair of English Tole Cachet Pot
Located in Buchanan, MI
One pair of English Tole cachet pot.
Metal
English Regency Pine and Composition, Antique Giltwood Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A very attractive English Regency carved pine, mahogany and composition giltwood chimneypiece. The mahogany breakfront shelf above richly carved lambs tong...
Mahogany, Pine
Large Regency Cast Iron Hob Grate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large regency era cast iron hob grate reclaimed from a house in Hindhead, Surrey. This original cast iron hob grate will work seamlessly with a period fireplace, adding grandeur wi...
Iron
Vintage Regency Patinated Resin Garden Ornament
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Embodying timeless classical elegance, this exquisite Vintage Regency Patinated Resin ornament is a magnificent sculptural statement piece. Designed in the ornate Regency style, it f...
Resin, Paint
English Regency Fire Fender, Hand-Crafted Cut Steel, Antique, 1835
Located in Montreal, QC
This fender is distinguished from many others by its fretted repeating design of alternating stylised anthemions and radiating flower petal forms; with moulded base and continuous be...
Cut Steel
Set of 3 Antique Georgian Fire Irons
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of three original antique Georgian era fire irons. This fire tool set includes a poker, tongs and a pierced shovel with matching twist decoration to the handles. The perfect fi...
Metal, Steel, Iron
A Classical Regency Fireplace in White Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
An elegant Regency fireplace in white Statuary marble. The jambs with classical stop-fluted columns to front and half round columns behind. The shelf carved with rosettes and central...
Statuary Marble
Brass & Steel Firegrate in the Regency Style
Located in London, GB
A brass and steel firegrate in the Regency style. The tapering feet surmounted by gadrooning, ram's heads and engraved brass finials. Shaped polished steel front bars with plain fire...
Brass, Steel
$3,211 / set
Set of Brass Firetools
Located in London, GB
A set of decorative brass firetools. The uprights with swells, surmounted by gadrooned urn finiais. Pierced, shaped pan. English, late Regency/early Vict...
Brass
Rare, Period Cast Iron Regency Sarcophagus Hob Grate
Located in London, GB
A rare Regency Sarcophagus cast iron hob grate after a design by George Bullock. The lion paw feet front and back and Anthymion decoration to front...
Iron
Elegant Regency Style Steel Register Grate with Eenrichments
Located in London, GB
An elegant Regency style steel register grate with enrichments. Cast guilloche steel moulding to outer rim, and engraved leaf and pearl inner moulding. Laurel pattern...
Steel
Impressive Pair of English Regency Brass Firedogs with Aethenian Leaves
Located in London, GB
A pair of magnificent English Regency (circa 1820) brass firedogs. The cylindrical bases cast with delicate Athenian leaves with acanthus and waterleaf detail with dragooned mushroom...
Brass
Polished Brass & Steel Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A Regency style polished steel and brass firebasket. The ornate cast brass enrichments to base with shaped front and brass finials. Decorative cast iron back behind. English, 20th ce...
Brass
Regency Style Marble Fireplace with Sienna Brocatelle Inlay
Located in London, GB
A Regency style fireplace in Statuary marble antique fireplace with Sienna Brocatelle inlay. The fluted jambs surmounted by urns of classical form. The frieze with matching flutes, i...
Statuary Marble, Siena Marble
Period Regency Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive period Regency stone fireplace. The shaped, reeded jambs with carved brackets to top and roundels to plinths. The frieze with Greek key pattern, surmounted by ...
Limestone
Statuary Marble Fireplace with Connemara Inlay
Located in London, GB
An English marble fireplace in the Regency manner. The Statuary white marble jambs and frieze inlaid with Irish Connemara green marble. Centre and end blocks carved with urns, circa ...
Statuary Marble
Half Round English Iron Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
An unusual English half round wrought iron fire grate with portcullis style grill, upright bars with feet and scrolls to top. A copy of a mid-19th century ...
Wrought Iron
English Cast Iron Firebasket with Shepherd's Crook Finials
Located in London, GB
An English polished steel fire grate. The shaped feet surmounted by ball finial, the burning area with elegant front bars and shepherd’s crook finials on each side. Square cast iron ...
Steel
Regency Style Steel and Brass Register Grate
Located in London, GB
An elegant Regency style steel Register grate with brass enrichments. Cast guilloche brass molding to outer rim, and engraved leaf and pearl inner molding. Laurel pattern...
Steel
Elegant Pair of Steel Firedogs
Located in London, GB
A pair of 19th century polished steel firedogs. The shaped feet surmounted by tapering shaft with square finial to top. Measures: Height: 700 mm 27 1/2 in Width: 250 mm ...
Steel
Pair of English Steel Firedogs
Located in London, GB
Pair of English steel firedogs, with ball and finial top and breakleg base. N.B. May be subject to an extended lead time. Measures: Height: 490 mm 19 1/4 in Width: 170 mm ...
Steel
Decorative Polished Cast Iron Firegrate in the Regency Style
Located in London, GB
A decorative polished cast iron firegrate in the Regency style. The oval feet surmounted by shaped legs with Greek key pattern to feet, the semi circular burning area with beaded fro...
Iron
$15,617 / item
English Regency Style Fireplace in White Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality English Regency style fireplace in white marble. The jambs with tapering reeded columns surmounted by end blockings with carved ...
Marble
Regency Style Bath Stone Fireplace with Carved Lion's Masks
Located in London, GB
An attractive English bath stone fireplace in the Regency style. The jambs and frieze with Greek key motif, the end blockings with carved lion’s masks with moulded shelf above. A fin...
Stone
Regency Style White Marble Fire Surround
Located in London, GB
An English white marble fireplace in the early 19th century Regency style. The frieze with raised and fielded centre panel, the tapering reeded jambs surmounted by carved square pate...
Marble
Regency Style Statuary Marble Fireplace with Brass Ormolu Enrichments
Located in London, GB
A statuary white marble fireplace in the Regency style. The reeded jambs surmounted by brass ormolu wreaths. The reeded frieze with centre plaque featuring ormolu adornment of tied f...
Marble
$13,750 / item
Regency Style Fireplace Mantel in Lincolnshire Limestone
Located in London, GB
A fine quality English Regency style fireplace in Lincolnshire limestone. The jambs with tapering reeded columns surmounted by end blockings wi...
Limestone
Statuary Regency Marble Fireplace in the Manner of Thomas Hope
Located in London, GB
A 19th century statuary Regency marble fireplace in the manner of Thomas Hope. The side blockings depicting scrolling, leaves, shells and flowers. Raised and fielded panelled jambs. ...
Statuary Marble