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Gallery Furniture creating sculpture from remnants of burned warehouse

Will unveil artwork at July 4 store re-opening

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, June 22, 2009

HOUSTON — Gallery Furniture, which had its warehouse destroyed and showroom damaged in a fire on May 21, has commissioned an artist to make a sculpture from remnants of the warehouse.

The sculpture will be unveiled July 4, when the Top 100 retailer re-opens its store here.

The retailer announced plans for the sculpture June 22 on the online social network Twitter (under the user name MattressMack).

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