A Pair of Regency Egyptian Revival Gilt and Ebonised Wood and Bronze-Painted and Parcel Gilt Plaster Pier Tables, probably by Peter Francis Chenu, Circa 1805

Please note the material of the tops of these consoles is scagliola and not marble, as published in the print catalogue.

Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, 19 March 2008, lot 356

Unlike the sphinx of lot 90, with which this pair is clearly en suite, the sphinxes on these tables are somewhat curiously signed P CHENU Paris, whereas Peter Francis Chenu, though born and initially trained in Paris, appears to have spent his entire working career in London. The signature or at least the Paris reference may have been added by the artist or at a later date for commercial reasons.