English Regency Style
Grange Park, Hampshire, by William Wilkins, 1810. Engraving from Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England... (1829). Note the Classical Grecian aspect of this house.
Luscombe Castle, Devon, by John Nash, 1804. Engraving from Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England... (1829). Note that such houses and settings were characteristic of the "Cult of the Picturesque."
Rowhouse at Brighton wth bowed front, stuccoed exterior painted white, cast iron railings and metal canopy. Circa 1820.
Library of the home of Sir John Soane. No. 13, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Circa 1812.
The Breakfast Room by Sir John Soane, now part of the Soane Museum, London. Circa 1812.
The Drawing Room, Soane Museum, circa 1812.
Picture Gallery from Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) by Thomas Hope.
The Corridor of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Note Chinoiserie interior scheme.
One of the finest examples of Regency design was the 'Trafalgar' chair which reached its height of development in 1805, the year or Nelson's famous victory.
Brighton Pavilion the Banqueting Room.
'Grecian' sofa. The absorbtion of classical form into the English furniture traditions is well expressed in the dignified lines of this mahogany sofa made about 1820.
Sofa-table on lyre-shaped end-supports ebonized and decorated with classical designs in penwork, circa 1810.
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