| 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 7 Anhängender Zettel: M.R.19. |
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| Artist: | Anfang 19. Jh., Französisch | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Kleiner Sekretär [Damenschreibtish] | ||||||||
| Description: | Auf vier kurzen mit Bronzebeschlägen verzierten Füssen ruht der einheitlich geschlossene Kasten, dessen Stirnseite unten zwei Türen, darüber die kleine nach unten herausklappbare Schreibplatte enthält. Die beiden Türen unten zeigen je eins von einer einfachen Metalleiste umrahmtes Feld mit einer geometrischen Holzeinlegearbeit, die Schreibplatte darüber zwei ganz entsprechende kleinere Felder. Schlüssellochbeschläge. G. H. 109 cm Br. 66,5 cm T. 34,5 cm Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item went from the German Embassy to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293 | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 109 cm x 66,5 cm x 34,5 cm | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||
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