Sale 7592
London
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5 June 2008
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 130-209)
Price realised
GBP 10,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCHMENT-VENEERED AND WALNUT LOW CABINETS DESIGNED BY TIMOTHY WHEALON, BY ATELIER VIOLLET, CIRCA 1998 Each with a rectangular top, above a pair of doors and enclosing a fitted interior, one cupboard with ten shelves, the other with an open compartment and four shelves, on bracket feet 33¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Bought from Atelier Viollet, New York, 1998.
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