Architectural elements from Chinese buildings were showing up at that time in antiques galleries from Hong Kong to New York and London.

He is not closing the antiques gallery, though he will be showing only paintings until January.

"It was always a mystery where the money came from," said Jean-Marie Rossi, who runs Aveline, an antiques gallery in Paris.

Her mother is a co-owner of Dimson Homma, a decorative arts and antiques gallery in New York.

Her mother is the vice president of marketing for the World of Interior Design, an arts and antiques gallery in White Plains.

He has subsequently also opened a small boutique art and antiques gallery on Cape Cod called Foc'sle.

Ms. Palmer and Mr. Schwind have established another antiques gallery, this one devoted to the 19th century.

His mother is the director of the Galerie J. Kugel, an antiques gallery in Paris.

It also houses more than 150 private art and antiques galleries.

"The period is trendy," said Roger Prigent, the owner of Malmaison, an antiques gallery that lent several pieces.