Polychrome Japanned Pier Tables British, circa 1785, each with figured mahogany and satinwood cross-banded top inlaid at the back with a fan-shaped panel, satinwood band inlaid with trailing leaves and flowers, polychromed frames with urn, swag and interlaced decoration on cream ground, 35 x 48 x 20 in., one top with veneer chip and loss at half-round inlay, other possible restorations to inlay on tops (some variation in detail on fan inlays), some leg joints with evidence of previous brackets now removed, others with some bruises at leg tops near joints with rear rail, minor warping to tops, minor cracks at one skirt, surface wear to paint, other scattered patches and cracks to veneers, minor chips, losses and surface wear to paint with some areas of inpainting. Notes: Exhibited: These pier tables were exhibited at the 36th Winter Antiques Show, New York, 1990, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog, p. 48.. Provenance: Sotheby's London, June 17, 1983, lot 87; Christie's New York, October 22, 1998, lot 138; Christie's New York, October 19, 2000, lot 278; Sotheby's New York, Tom Devenish: The Collection - Highly Important English Furniture, New York, 24 April 2008, lot 133 one top with veneer chip and loss at half-round inlay, other possible restorations to inlay on tops (some variation in detail on fan inlays), some leg joints with evidence of previous brackets now removed, others with some bruises at leg tops near joints with rear rail, minor warping to tops, minor cracks at one skirt, surface wear to paint, other scattered patches and cracks to veneers, minor chips, losses and surface wear to paint with some areas of inpainting