New Yorkers at Home from the West Side to the East End, Six Special New York Spaces
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Clockwise from top left: Fruit Basket wire light fi xture from Peddlers Home Design; a fl oral arrangement chez Olivier Giugni; the Nico Sari bench from Global Home. 6 THE HOME OBSERVER SPRING 2011 TOC.indd 6 4/7/11 7:17:52 PM ELEGANCE FOR EVERYDAY LIVING Sale 2504 · A Trumbauer Estate on the Philadelphia Main Line Auction Calendar New York · April 2011 christies.com 500 Years: A Trumbauer Estate on the Prints and Multiples Ceramics by Pablo Picasso: Fine Musical Instruments Decorative Arts Europe, Philadelphia Main Line April 26–27 An Important April 29 Including Oriental Carpets April 15 Sale 2436 Private Collection Sale 2429 April 14–15 Sale 2504 April 27 Sale 2435 Viewing: Sale 2523 Viewing: Viewing: April 21–25 April 23–28 Viewing: April 9–15 Lindsay Griffith Viewing: Laura E. Armstrong April 9–15 Laura E. 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