Regency Desks and Writing Tables
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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19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Burl
1810s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Palisander
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Other
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
1940s American Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
1930s English Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
1920s Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Nutwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Chinese Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
1820s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
1890s Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Hardwood
1810s Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Walnut
1820s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Ebony, Rosewood, Satinwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
18th Century French Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Glass, Mahogany
1880s Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
1960s American Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Metal, Brass
20th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
1940s American Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
1980s Philippine Vintage Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Wicker, Reed, Glass
1880s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
1820s Italian Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Oak
20th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
19th Century European Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
19th Century Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Pine
1810s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Rosewood
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Mahogany
1810s English Antique Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Ebony