Regency Sideboards
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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20th Century French Regency Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1880s Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Sideboards
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Sideboards
Nickel
1980s Vintage Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Vintage Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Palisander
1930s Vintage Regency Sideboards
Wood, Yew
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Wood
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Ebony, Mahogany
20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Marble
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century British Antique Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
1810s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Sideboards
Mahogany, Parchment Paper
19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Other
19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Satinwood, Walnut
1880s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Belgian Vintage Regency Sideboards
Wood, Burl, Lacquer
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Bronze
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Regency Sideboards
Marble
1810s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
1810s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Brass
1820s English Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Sideboards
Mahogany