The Café de la Régence where Morphy gave his famous blindfold exhibition in 1858 was not the same Régence of Philidor and Bourdonnais. It had been relocated during the great rennovation of Paris instituted by Napoléon III in 1852. It was moved from it's original home on Place du Palais-Royal, where it had opened in 1681, to it's new home at Rue Saint-Honoré. It remained there until 1916.
If this is a 'Regence' chess set then the sets we now call 'regence' are not very similar. I have seen no exact equivalent in real life. The so called Lyon pattern are similar though
Thanks to John E for this
Thanks to John E for this.
With thanks to Mick D.
ditto.
