| 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 260 AUS KISTE NR. B 92 Anhängender Zettel MR 115 |
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| Artist: | 2.H.18.Jh., Franz. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Kleiner Tisch | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Polisander ? Marketerie. Vier geschwungene Beine, konturierte Zarge, in der Vorderseite d[e]rei Schubkästen übereinander. Hinten eine senkrecht hochziehbare, seidenbespannte Rückwand. Auf den Schubkästen ein quadratisches Muster in Einlegearbeit, desgleichen in einem von einer Raute durchdrungenen Rechteck auf der Tischplatte. Auf den Schmalseiten passig geschweifte helle Felder. Schuhe und [Schilds)]chlüsselschilder und Einfassungsleisten der Tischplatte aus vergoldeter Bronze. Zwei Bronzeschuhe fehlen. H 72 Br. 39 T. 28 cm |
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| Provenance and Comments: | The marble top was returned to France on 17 October 1945. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/304, B323/557; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 72 x 39 x 28 cm | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-10-17 | ||||||||||||
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