| 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 16 Aus Kiste Nr. B 35 Anhängender Zettel MR 18 |
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| Artist: | Louis XV, Franz. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Kleiner Schreibtisch, Mahagoni mit Marketerie, vergoldete Bronzebeschläge. | ||||||||
| Description: | Vier leicht geschwungene Beine, allseitig leicht geschweifter Körper, der vorn von einer seitlich verschiebbaren Rolltür von drei übereinanderliegenden Schubfächern und einer die ganze Breite einnehemden Schublade mit herausklappbarer Platte und Schreibeinrichtung eingenommen wird. Die geschweifte Tischplatte ist nach rückwarts verschiebbar. Auf der Rolltür und den übrigen Seiten des Körpers perspektivisches Quadermuster in Einlegearbeit, desgl. in einer passig geschweiften Umrandung sich fächerförmig vergrössernd, auf der Tischplatte. Akanthusschuhe, Rocaillen-Eckstücke, Blattmotiv am Cul-de-lampe, Schlüsselschild und Griffe sowie die Einfassungsleiste der Tischplatte aus vergoldeter Bronze. H. 70,5 cm Br. 59 T. 41 Zustand Behandlung: Griffe an der Rolltür nicht vorhanden (Schlüssel fehlt, offen) |
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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 | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 70,5 cm x 59 x 41 | ||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-10-17 | ||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||
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