Sale 5239
London
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3 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 15,000
Estimate
JULES WABBES (1919-1974) SET OF SIX EXTERIOR WALL LIGHTS, CIRCA 1968 supplied by Le Mobilier International, sand-cast bronze, glass 8½ in. (21 cm.) high, 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21 cm.) deep (6)
Provenance
La Hulpe, Brussels, circa 1968.
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