William IV Furniture
WILLIAM IV STYLE
It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.
Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.
Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.
William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.
Find a collection of authentic William IV tables, armchairs, decorative objects and other 19th-century furniture and antiques on 1stDibs.
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Style: William IV
William IV Mahogany and Gilt Center Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
George IV mahogany center table with ebony banding and reeded edge. Parcel gilt foliate design on triform base resting on carved feet featuring gilt and ebonzied dolphins.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
English Mahogany Triple Pedestal Dining Room Table with Orig. Paw Casters C 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany triple pedestal dining room table with three central fluted urn ringed pedestals, splayed reeded saber legs, and resting on the original lio...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
English William IV Period Satinwood
Leather Library Steps, 3rdq 19th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
in the form of a rectangular box raised on turned legs, the top and pull-out step with stenciled leather insets, the interior lined in green velvet, depth with step extended 23.5 inches
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
William IV Rosewood and Gilt Center Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine William IV period rosewood, faux rosewood and giltwood center/library table with leather top, the top having gadrooned edge, black gilt tooled leather top having Greek key patte...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with an inset tooled black leather writing surface with banded edge over a frieze containing two drawers with opposing working drawers on the reverse all with brass knobs...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Wellington Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality Mid 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Wellington Chest Of Drawers, Having Well Figured Veneers Throughout, With Rectangular Top Over Concealed Friez...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English William IV Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
English William IV (circa 1840) mahogany 3 section bookcase with fluted and carved sides and section dividers and resting on ball feet.
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Side Cabinet
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty English regency bleached pine faux bamboo side cabinet. 1820.
Height to worktop: 30.5-inches
Code: 8965
Dimensions:
W: 32" (81.3 cm)
H: 34.5" (87.6 cm)
D: 21" (53.3 cm)
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Pine
Pair of William IV Ormolu and Glass Wall Lights
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A pair of English William IV three-light ormolu-mounted cut-glass wall lights the ormolu back plate surmounted by three-leaf cut candle arms with flute cut nozzles and drip pans hung...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$11,891 / set
Early 19th Century English Tilt-Top Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 19th century tilt-top side table, English. George IV to William IV period. Rectangular top with rounded corners, raised on molded tripod base with very well turned standard. Fi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$743 Sale Price
24% Off
Garrard
Co Antique Sterling Silver Goblet
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver goblet made by Robert Garrard II; an addition to our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique William IV sterling silver goblet has a plain bell shaped form onto a cylindrical pedestal and plain circular spreading foot with a collet rim.
The surface of this silver goblet is plain and unembellished, with an applied moulded border to the upper rim.
The underside of the goblet bears the later engraved inscription 'Bartle Henry Arbuthnot Frere, from is Grandfather, 1938'.
This antique silver goblet...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
With a Fitted Sewing Box Interior
From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Rosewood box of rectangular form extensively inla...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique English Petite Side Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming pair of English 19th century William IV side or boudoir chairs crafted in mahogany in petite form having carved floral handles on the tops over velvet upholstery with button...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
$4,750 / set
William IV Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
With removable triangular cornice with Greek inspired carved decoration over a pair of glazed doors enclosing glass shelves with silk lined interior with two professional mounted rec...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
c. 1835 English William IV Ottoman or Bench
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1835 curule form William IV ottoman or bench, English. Carved mahogany. A shield is carved at the center of the leg with whorls at the ends of each scrolled section. Well turne...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century English William IV Brass Rosewood Needlepoint Screens 1830
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of Antique 19th Century English William IV Brass and Rosewood Needlepoint Fire/Pole Screens, Circa 1830. The screens having brass stems with turned finials mounted with a...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Oak Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century oak bookcase cabinet of nice proportions, the arched cornice above three shelves with reeded edges supported by finely turned an...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Diminutive English William IV Recamier with Recent Fabric, circa 1830
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This outstanding form is a visual delight! With a typically shaped and scrolled back, upholstered back and cushion, resting on turned and fluted tapering legs terminating in casters....
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Rosewood Pier / Console Table
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite William IV console table exemplifies the refined craftsmanship and bold design characteristic of the period. Crafted from richly figured rosewood, the piece boasts a l...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
A Diminutive Bracket Clock by Adams of Lombard Street
By Adams
Located in Amersham, GB
A rosewood and ormolu mounted bracket clock. With an eight day twin fusee movement, signed Adams of Lombard Street on the 5 inch silvered dial and movement back plate. Striking on a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Large English William IV Mahogany Hall Seat Bench
Located in High Peak, GB
K0607 Superb William IV hall bench in mahogany, having panelled gallery to the back edge with S shaped scroll carving to the centre, solid mahogany seat with moulded edge and finel...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Side Table Circa 1860
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A handsome and versatile late William IV to early Victorian side table, crafted in solid mahogany with turned and fluted legs, dating to around 1840. This refined piece showcases the...
Category
1840s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Goncalo Alves partners desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality large early 19th Century Goncalo Alves (also known as tigerwood) partners desk, the moulded edge top having a olive green coloured leather writing surface decorated ...
Category
1840s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique English Mirrored Two Light Wall Sconces
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century William IV wall sconces with scallops and beveled mirrored backplates, now distressed, and two turned brass candle cups on gra...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
$3,600 / set
Antique Embroidered Fire Screen, English, Walnut, Needlepoint, Early Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique embroidered fire screen. An English, walnut and glazed needlepoint reflector panel, dating to the early Victorian period, ci...
Category
1840s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Seven Miniature Furstenberg Biscuit Porcelain Busts of English Men of Letters
Located in Spencertown, NY
Seven Furstenberg miniature busts of English men of letters, early 19th century together with a William IV Amboyna two-door glazed cabinet. Including,
Locke, Dryden, Garrick, Pope.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Amboyna, Wood
Mason
s Ironstone Garniture of Three Vases, Circa 1835
Located in Downingtown, PA
Regency Opulence: Mason's Ironstone Garniture Vases
Object: Garniture of Three Vases (One central, two flanking)
Manufacturer: Mason's Ironstone China, Staffordshire, England
Date: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Ironstone
Early 19th Century Irish William IV Open Bookcase / Console Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine and most attractive Irish William IV period mahogany open bookcase/console table, of concave design, with grey marble panel above a hidden drawer set with rosettes and three open book tiers...
Category
Early 19th Century Irish Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Marble
PAIR William IV Solid Mahogany Wine Tables, One Board Tops, English, ca. 1840
Located in Banner Elk, NC
PAIR of Willian IV Solid Mahogany Wine Tables, the circular tops formed from a single timber, with molded edge, on a tripod base, the notched and carved posts above three intricately...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Quality Antique Willian IV Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique 19th Century William IV rosewood tea caddy, having a quality shaped rosewood top opening to reveal a fitted interior of a glass tea mixing bowl and a tea lidded compa...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$525 Sale Price
20% Off
English Burl Walnut Leather Top Davenport with Acanthus Cabriole Legs Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English burl walnut Davenport desk with carved floral fret work, hinged lid revealing fitted interior with original ink wells, leather hinged writing surface with four fitted interio...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
William IV Console Table Mahogany Pier 19th Century
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous William IV Mahogany Pier Table.
This Elegant Table Stands Upon Turned Feet,
19th Century
Featuring Turned Columns a Mirrored Back and 1 Oak Lined drawer.
T...
Category
19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Dining Chairs Set 10 Mahogany Revival
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 10 william iv style mahogany dining chairs.
These chairs are raised upon ring turned and fluted front legs and sabre back legs.
Circa 1920
The front rail having typical willia...
Category
1920s Vintage William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Maple Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular hinged top with subtle gilded gadrooned edge on a circular tapered support and tripartite base with giltwood scrolled feet.
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Birdseye Maple
William IV Dining Table Mahogany 10 Seater Extending 19th C
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV mahogany 8 - 10 seat extending dining table
19th Century antique
This table is raised upon typical william iv turned and fluted legs with brass castors
The table extends b...
Category
1980s Vintage William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Mahogany Sideboard Server
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English sideboard handcrafted in mahogany featuring a gallery around the top with plate grooves and carved twisted rope edges on a case with three drawers and t...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century William IV Tub Chair On Brass Castors, Sabre Legs
Chenille Finish
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant 19th Century William IV Tub Chair On Original Brass Castors
Sabre Legs With A Chenille Upholstery.
Full chair height 87cm
Chair width arm to arm 66cm
Chair depth from ...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
$3,940 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique William IV Silver 4 Piece Tea
Coffee Set London, England 1834 - 1836
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Antique William IV Silver Tea
Coffee Set comprising of a Coffee Pot, a Teapot, a Sugar Bowl
a Cream / Milk Jug. This 4 Piece Tea
Coffee Set has a gorgeo...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Mahogany Leather Wing Back Chair With Acanthus Ball
Claw Feet. C .1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany leather wing back chair with acanthus carved skirt, knee, and terminating on ball and claw feet. Mid 19th Century
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique English William IV Two Door Chiffonier c1830s
Located in High Peak, GB
P0315 Fine quality and very elegant English William IV, two door rosewood chiffonier, having well figured oversailing top with moulded edge and a shallow frieze below, pair of cabine...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Inlaid Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Woodbury, CT
A fine English mahogany bow front chest with satinwood crossbanding to the top, with boxwood string inlays on the top and drawer fronts. A deep crotch mahogany is used on the drawer ...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Irish Mahogany Peat Bucket
Located in Essex, MA
Possibly Dutch with brass bail handle and liner. Tapered ribbed body with brass strapping.
Category
1840s European Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Six Very Heavy 19th C. British Sterling Silver Table Spoons / Serving Spoons
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome and exceptionally heavy set of six William IV sterling silver table spoons / serving spoons in the King's Pattern.
All six...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
English c. 1835 William IV Period Dining Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1835 dining table of solid mahogany. English, William IV period. Raised on twin pedestals, each boldly turned with reeded legs ending in brass paw feet. The reeding repeat on t...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique William IV Leather Top Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
A superb antique William IV leather top writing table / desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1830-1840’s period.
This is of wonderful quality, it sits on beautif...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
William IV Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine original condition Library Chair with Leather Seat. The frame with handsome wood graining, pierced splat back, and overall sinuous form and having castored front legs. With g...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
SUBLIME ANTiQUE RESTORED ENGLISH OAK
HAND DYED LEATHER WILLIAM MORRIS ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very unique circa 1830-1840 fully restored English oak and had dyed brown leather William Morris Librar...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather
Pair William IV or Early Victorian Arm Chairs, Howard
Sons Style
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very comfy and desirable pair of mid-19th century club chairs in the style of Howard & Sons. These generous chairs are in the very traditional English country house style and feature ivory lacquered turned legs with their original casters. The chairs have been newly upholstered in a Clarence House nubby linen velvet in a malachite color way --- they are further detailed with a Ralph Lauren Paisley...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
William IV Writing Table Desk Mahogany 1830
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous William IV writing table or desk
Nice period William IV antique
Top finished in green tooled leather with gilt embossing
Circa Date 1830
Lovely piece of an...
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
William IV period Sterling Silver Batchelor Teapot - London 1835
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1835 by George Burrows II & Richard Pearce, this handsome, William IV, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot, is round in shape, plain in style, and features shell a...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique William IV Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase with Cupboards
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
A Large William IV Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, with 4 glazed doors above panelled cupboard doors.
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous William IV freestanding desk with dummy drawers on the rear
Period William IV circa 1820
Leather writing surface with gilt embossed edges
Clean, elegant and practical piece ...
Category
1820s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing English William IV fireplace in pencil vein Carrara marble, with paneled pilaster jambs with twin corbel brackets supporting a long wide and generous mantel. Som...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
William IV Burl Elm Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Fine quality ladies writing table most likely by Gillow of Lancaster and London. With a rectangular top with rounded ends and central leather writing surface. Raised brass gallery at...
Category
1820s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Elegant Set of Steel Fire Tools
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine set of 19th century steel fire tools comprising a pierced shovel, poker and pair of tongs, the former with oval paterea and foliate design, all with octagonal tear drop handles ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Steel
$5,900 / set
Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Howell, James & Co Sterling Silver by Thomas Whitehead
From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box. The Vanity Box of rectangular sha...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of William IV Carved Mahogany Hall Chairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very fine pair of early 19th Century William IV Mahogany Hall Chairs, hand-carved with rich patination and grain. Chairs feature scrolled and curved back with center hand-painted ...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$2,485 / set
Fine Quality Mahogany William IV Breakfront Front Sideboard
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality William IV flame mahogany inverted breakfront sideboard of good color.
English, circa 1835
The raised carved back having a central anthemion cartouche, ...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Period Occasional Table
Located in London, GB
A fantastic original antique William IV period occasional table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1830-1840 period.
It is of amazing quality, with a very bold and ...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Original Antique 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Oil on canvas, portrait of an aristocratic lady. The woman is sitting in a red armchair with a quiet gaze wearing embroidered trim dress with white lace...
Category
1830s European Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
William Iv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique William IV furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Chesterfield, Paul Storr, and PIETRA DURA . It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $130 and tops out at $121,043 while the average work can sell for $4,473.
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