Regency Furniture
This is where Anthony meets Cleopatra and where we journey down the Nile and up Pompeii! An examination of the novelty, variety and intricacy of what we now call the “Regency” style but was then known as the “Grecian or modern style”. Greco-Roman influences are augmented by Egyptian ones to provide a stunningly original, yet curiously accurate, interpretation of the styles of classical antiquity. The “Sabre-leg” chair of the 19th century was considered the most modern of chair designs ever produced but was a virtual copy of the Klismos of 5AD.