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.
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Style: William IV
William IV Statuary Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
An elegant and architectural William IV statuary marble chimneypiece, the stepped frieze raised on double pilaster jambs on block feet.
Restored, polished and ready to install.
Dim...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR PIETRA DURA BIRDS SPECiMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important William IV Circa 1830 fully restored, Flamed Mahogany centre table with stunning Pietra Dura ...
Category
1830s European Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Marble
English William IV Period Burr Elm Parcel-Gilt Centre Table Attributed to Seddon
Located in London, GB
A William IV Period Parcel Gilt Burr Elm Centre Table
Attributed to Thomas & George Seddon
The circular table veneered throughout with finely figured burr elm and relieved with parc...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Elm
Unusual Antique Quality William IV Leather and Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique quality William IV leather and mahogany library chair having a newly reupholstered seat and back in a quality chestnut colour leather, shaped open arms with turned su...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Other
EXQUISITE ANTIQUE WILLIAM IV 1830 CHESTERFIELD TUFTED WALNUT LIBRARY ARMCHAiR
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning antique circa 1830 William IV Chesterfield tufted library armchair with ornately ca...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Very Robust Brassbound William IV Anglo-Chinese Padouk Silver Chest
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very robust brassbound William IV Anglo-Chinese padouk silver chest, of rectangular form with a hinged lid and the original substantial brass carrying handles, the lock stamped ‘Barron WR Patent’. Circa 1830.
Footnote: In 1778 Robert Barron...
Category
1830s Chinese Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Padouk
Set of 16 William IV Period Mahogany Dining Chairs with Leather Seats
Located in London, GB
A Set of Sixteen Dining Chairs of the William IV Period
Constructed in mahogany, and consisting of fourteen side chairs, and a pair of carver ar...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Ladies Work Table, English, Drop-Leaf, Sewing, Games, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming antique ladies work table. An English, rosewood sewing or occasional games table dating to the William IV period, circa 1835. Of elegant form and fine craftsmanshi...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Centre Table Octagaonal Inlay Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV Rosewood Centre Table.
Circa 19th Century
This Table Stands Upon a Quatrefoil Base with Carved Feet and a Shaped Column.
The Top of the Table Being of an Octagonal Form an...
Category
19th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Style Mahogany Inset Partial Gilt Decorated Frame Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
A magnificent William IV Style Mahogany Inset Partial Gilt Decorated and beaded Frame Mirror. Measures 22.75" in width, 2" in depth and 33" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American William IV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
19th Century Specimen Wood Top Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Rare 19th Century, William IV Period Occasional Table, Having Charming Octagonal Galleried Top, With Various Specimen Wood Veneers Inlaid To Unusual Pattern Design, Raised On Solid...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Yew, Amboyna
Restored Antique 1830 William IV Figured Hardwood Extending Dining Table Gillows
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this wonderfully restored circa 1830 William IV Figured Mahogany extending dining table after a design by Gillows
This table is exquisite with a...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
William IV Canterbury Mahogany Magazine Music Rack Cabinet
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous William IV canterbury in mahogany
An antique Canterbury refers to a piece of furniture designed to hold sheet music, magazines, or newspapers
Circa 1810 on this piece
Viewin...
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1810s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Grand William IV Carved Mahogany Sideboard or Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful example of William IV sideboard or desk carved in mahogany, an exotic wood of the period, featuring two central drawers with dividers, with lion's paw feet carved into the ...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English William IV Mahogany
Inlay 2 Pedestal Dining Table, Circa 1830.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English William IV Mahogany 2 Pedestal dining table with lovely inlay Border, Circa 1830.
3 Leaves:
Left Leaf: 29 inches long...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Teapoy
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The sarcophagus-shaped top section has a hinged lid and is richly carved throughout in high relief. The everted sides have fleshy palmettes and paired acanthus leaves, while the top has four pairs of leaves which are joined by a carved rib in the centre and scroll outwards to up-curled edges. It is raised on a gadrooned and turned pedestal set on a quatrefoil base with reeded bun feet disguising the original castors. The interior, without fittings, is relined in crushed blue velvet. English, circa 1835.
Susan Stuart, in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, (ibid), p.110, pl.658, (above) illustrates a rosewood teapoy...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
$13,430
EXQUISITE QUALITY WILLIAM IV CIRCA 1830 BURR WALNUT SiDE END WORK SEWING TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, super decorative Antique circa 1830 William IV sewing or work table of the finest quality
P...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of John Gould Hand Colored Framed Lithographs Family of Toucans, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of John Gould hand colored framed lithographs family of toucans. "Pteroglossus Inscriptus" and " Pteroglossus Hypoglaurus" Each signed in plate. Printed by Charles Hullmandell. ...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
IMPORTANT CARVED BOOKCASE CABiNET FROM THE BATE COLLECTION IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite hand carved with Musical instruments, library bookcase cabinet, made for Charles T...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Early 19th Century William IV Large Overmantel Mirror with Gilt Frame
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century William IV Large Overmantel mirror with gilt frame. Featuring fluted column detail, a carved scroll and shell crest, as well as acanthus leaf motif. Circa 1840.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
A William IV Carved Mahogany and Caned Library Chair
Located in London, GB
With curved supported back
Height: 79.5 cm, 31 1/4″
Width: 65 cm, 25 5/8″
Depth: 53.5 cm, 21″
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Pair of William IV Canterburys
Located in London, GB
A pair of William IV canterburys.
Category
1830s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$31,200 / set
A fine William IV period mahogany writing table used by Gary Oldman as Churchill
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine William IV period mahogany writing table used by Gary Oldman as Churchill in The Darkest Hour,
This fine table has an unusual, inverted breakfront outline to the front and ba...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
William IV Piano Stool Revolving Chair Seat Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV Mahogany Revolving Piano Stool.
19th Century
This Rather Elegant Piano Stool Stands upon Turned and Shaped Front Legs with Sabre Back Legs.
The Recently Reupholstered Seat...
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Early 1900s Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Side Tables
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A smart pair of 19th Century Mahogany Console Tables, the slab tops with underside moulds and frieze drawers, raised on tapering moulded legs with and shaped undertiers. Good colour,...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
An unusual William IV amboyna and oak four drawer library table by Simpson
By Simpson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual William IV amboyna and oak four drawer library table by Simpson, the rectangular top with cut corners and a shaped frieze disguising two cushion drawers on each side, rais...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Amboyna
Pair of William IV Satinwood Bedside or Deception Tables
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
These table are without a shadow of doubt made by Gillows of Lancaster around the 1840s. Each cupboard has two flaps and two dummy draw fronts. There is a mechanism on each cupboard ...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
A Pair of 19th Century William IV Shield Hall Chairs
Located in London, GB
English, circa 1830
A pair of mid nineteenth century mahogany hall chairs, with shaped seats and backs, painted shield motif, and turned front legs.
Height 87.00cm
Width of seat ...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Fold Over Parlour Card Table, English, Games, Side, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fold-over parlour card table. An English, mahogany games or side table, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Appealing William IV craftsmanship to this fi...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Regency Period Rosewood Writing Table, circa 1810-1820
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English William IV period rosewood writing table, Circa 1830.
Galleried top with leather and on original casters.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Antique Octagonal Wine Table, English, Flame, Lamp, Side, William IV, Circa 1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique octagonal wine table. An English, flame mahogany lamp or side table, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Beautifully figured piece, with similarly appea...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
William IV Octagonal Rent / Drum Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
In a departure from the circular norm, this octagonal table has a rotating top with four functioning drawers and four dummy drawers, each with wood pulls. The three splay legs to the...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Lead Figural Fountain of Musical Pan with Flanking Plumbed Flutes C 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English lead figural fountain of musical pan with flanking plumbed flutes standing atop a circular globe and resting on an octagonal base with flanking frogs. Mid 19th Century. Fount...
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1850s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Copper, Lead
C Hindleys 134 Oxford St. London, a Quality Drop Leaf Victorian Oak Dining Table
Located in London, GB
C Hindleys 134 Oxford St. London. Superior nineteenth century Furniture Makers of London.
A good quality William the IV drop leaf oak dining tabl...
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1880s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Fine English Burl Walnut William IV Period 3 Section Canterbury with Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very pretty English William IV period burl walnut 3 section canterbury with a single drawer, the divides of stick and ball design, over a single drawer supported on ring turned leg...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Burl, Walnut
William IVth Mason’s Porcelain Desert Tureen or Sucrier Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Sauce Tureen or Sucrier, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Jardiniere Stand, English, Walnut, Marble, Planter Table, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique jardiniere stand. An English, walnut and marble lamp or planter table, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835. A beautifully crafted example, offering superb ...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th century William IV mahogany 2 tier circular serving table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century William IV mahogany 2 tier dumb waiter circa 1830.
Good quality 2 tier dumb waiter with 2 circular surfaces with moulded edge. Tiers united by a turned columns with fl...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Blue
White 10.5 Dinner Plate Whampoa Pattern
Located in Huntington, NY
Blue & White 10.5 Dinner Plate Whampoa Pattern
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique British Colonial Five Tiered Etagere
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century English etagere handcrafted in mahogany with classic turned finials at the top over five tiers with scalloped skirts, two of them with drawers, held by turned...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
William IV Period Mahogany Table - Early 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely dining room table from the first part of the 19th century, William IV period, in solid mahogany.
Rectangular top with rounded corners in solid mahogany with a fluted edge wit...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Blue
White Plate 8.25" Staffordshire “Whampoa Pattern” Transferware
Located in Huntington, NY
Staffordshire 8.25” Plate “Whampoa Pattern” Transferware
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
18th C. William IV Style Refinished Mahogany Two Drawer Sewing Table Work Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Late 18th Century William IV Style Refinished Mahogany Two Drawer Sewing Table or Work Table.
Measures 25" in width, 18.5" in depth and stands 29" tall.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
William IV English Oak and Burr Elm Wine Cooler
Located in New York, US
Our English wine cooler dating from the William IV (1830-1837) period is crafted from oak, pollard oak and burr elm and features a hinged top with gadrooned finial, borders with lotu...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Elm, Oak
Elaborate William IV Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set by E. Barton, 1831
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1831
1832 by Edward Barton this elegant William IV antique sterling silver four-piece tea set is of a classic lobed or 'melon' form. The pieces have app...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
English William IV Ormolu Brass Fireplace Grate with Dragons
Serpents
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning pierced and engraved brass & iron English grate with opposing dragons and serpents interspersed with foliage and centred by flowers
Category
1850s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Staffordshire English Ceramic plate Whampoa pattern circa 1842
Located in Huntington, NY
Staffordshire English Ceramic 8.25” Plate / Whampoa pattern circa 1842
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
William IV Hall Console Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th century William IV mahogany hall console table with original white marble top, the thumb molded apron over shaped sides joined by bold turned stretcher with end roundels, ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Marble
English Chinoiserie
Brass Finial Two Tiered Side Table with Claw Feet, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chinoiserie figural and pagoda two tiered scalloped side table with flanking gilt brass pine cone finials, faux bamboo gilt leg supports, and resting on lions paw claw feet, ...
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1850s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Tole Foliage Fruit Basket Five Light Chandelier w/ Orig. Shades, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English tole yellow and black paint decorated five light chandelier with central urn foliage fruit basket, acorn finial, and five scrolled arms with the original slot mounted shades....
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1850s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Tin
English Mahogany William IV Carved Mahogany Library Console Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Handsome hand carved Mahogany library table on casters, ,1830-1840. Fine detail carving with sturdy scrolling legs united by stretcher. Dovetailed drawers. Recently French polished. ...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$6,265 Sale Price
30% Off
William IVth John Ridgway PAIR Porcelain Plates Hand Painted Botanical, Ca 1830
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful pair of very decorative, Porcelain Botanical plates by John Ridgway, of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the William IVth period of th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Large William IV Mahogany Library Chair
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1840
A William IV mahogany library chair of large scale, with scrolling arms and uprights, the front legs carved with tulip motives and terminating in brass castors.
...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Six Light William IV Tent and Waterfall Chandelier
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A William IV chandelier of Classic tent and waterfall design, from the drop hung corona the graduated chains Cascade to the main ring issuing six sided arms supporting radial cut dri...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Cut Glass
Antique 19th Century Pair of Mahogany Scroll-Arm Carver Dining Chairs
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Pair of Mahogany Scroll-Arm Elbow Carver Dining Chairs – Fine Quality
A rare decorative find, this pair of 19th-century mahogany scroll-arm carver dining chairs...
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1830s British Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$1,923 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Georgian Amboyna Sewing Box
By William Dobson
Located in Northampton, GB
Veneered in Amboyna Wood
From our Sewing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Amboyna Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular shape veneered in Amboyna with a circular mo...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Bone, Shell, Amboyna
William IV Period English Sewing Stand Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce nearly 200 year old English William IV Period rosewood and mahogany sewing stand work table with beautifully aged warm rustic patina. circa 1830s
Combining sophisticated e...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Mahogany, Rosewood
William IV Mahogany Etagere
Located in Greenwich, CT
A William IV etagere in choice mahogany having graceful lines with two vertical curved braces supporting an upper and a lower shelf, each with raise...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Drop-Leaf Work Occasional Table Flame Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An exquisite antique William IV flame mahogany drop leaf work table, circa 1830 in date.
The drop-leaf top with rounded corners supported by fly brackets ornamented with foliate scr...
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1830s English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English William IV Sideboard in Rosewood c1840s
Located in High Peak, GB
K0289 Very attractive William IV / early Victorian two door rosewood sideboard of unusually narrow proportions, having oversailing top with stunning rosewood grain above an oak lined...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Furniture
Materials
Wood
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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