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French Investigate Fake 20th Century Furniture

December 4th, 2008 in Art Law / Criminal
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French investigators have arrested a Ukrainian man and four members of an artist’s family, suspecting them of having produced and sold fake 20th-century furniture by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Alexandre Noll and Pierre Chareau over the past three years.

Investigators discovered some 60 pieces of furniture in the suspects’ homes, including 15 Perriand tables, 20 Noll sculptures, along with Chareau lamps and Prouvé tables. Sud-Ouest said other pieces had been sold through art galleries and at auction between 2005 and 2008, and a Prouvé table had sold for $180,000 in the US.

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