| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild — Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (BoR) Botschaft Rothschild--The largest collections stolen in France mostly by specialized elements of the German occupation forces belonged to the Rothschild family. The German Embassy in Paris guided by Ambassador Otto Abetz, oversaw the plunder of property belonging to various members of the Rothschild family, including Maurice, Alexandrine, James-Armand and Edmond. These early removals of Rothschild property occurred in the summer and fall of 1940 and were greatly aided by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), a securities and financial fraud police organization that had jurisdiction over bank vaults and safe deposit boxes where thousands of art objects were stored for safekeeping. | ||||||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | BoR 13 Aus Kiste Nr. B 26 Anhängender Zettel MR 82. |
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| Artist: | Louis XV, Franz. | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Kommode mit Marketerie und feuervergoldeten Bronzebeschlägen. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Vier leicht geschwungene Beine, bauching vorgewölbte Vorderwand mit zwei übereinanderliegenden, die ganze Breite einnehmenden Schüben; geschweifte Schmalseiten. Die Vorderwand ist durch Marketerie und Bronzebeschläge zu einer Einheit zusammengefasst. Von der Mitte strahlenförmig ausgehende Einlegearbeit aus wolkig gemasertem Holz, von passig geschweiften Bändern umrahmt. Dunklere Rahmung von gewegtem Umrissen, die den Rocaille-Leisten aus vergoldeter Bronze folgen, von denen die Vorderwand wie die Schmalseiten grahmt werden. In den Ecken der Rahmung frei sich lösende Ranken als Griffe. Gleichfalls aus vergoldeter Bronze die blattgeschmückten Volutenschuhe, die Eckstücke und Schlüsselschilder. Die obere abschliessende profilierte Platte hinzugefügt. Gegenstück zu BoR 15 H. 90 Br. 126,5 T. 60 cm Zustand Behandlung: Marmorplatte grau weiss geädert, derzeit fehlend |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item went from the German Embassy to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940. It was restored in the winter of 1944-1945. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294; RA 15, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 90 x 126,5 x 60 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 22088 | ||||||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-04-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1946-05-17 | ||||||||||||||||
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