| 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 293 a-i AUS KISTE NR. B 56, 57, 58, 59 u.a. Anhängender Zettel : MR 7 |
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| Artist: | Louis XV, Franz. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Sitzgarnitur bestehend aus Sofa und acht Sesseln. | ||||||||
| Description: | Reichgeschnitztes, vergoldetes Gestell. Sofa: acht geschweifte in Voluten endigende Beine mit einer Blumengirlande, die sich an den Ecken freiplastisch um die Beine schwingt. Konturierte, geschweifte Zarge, in der Mitte Blütenmotiv, in der Kehle knorpelartiges Ornament, das auch die geschweifte Rücklehne begleitet, die mit Ranken und Blütenzweigen verziert ist und im Scheitel eine durchbrochene geschnitzte Rocaille mit Blüten trägt. Gepolsterte Armlehne in Volute endigend, mit geschweifter Stütze. Sessel entsprechend gestaltet. Umbezogen. Sofa H. 140 Br. 244 T. 101 cm Sessel H. 118 Br. 80 T. 72 cm Starke Beschädigungen an der Vergoldung und Schnitzwerk, besonders am Sofa. Auf den Polstern der Rücklehne mit Bleistift vermerkt: Moritz Rothschild. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | These eight chairs were packed in four crates at the German Embassy, then transferred to the Louvre and from there to the Jeu de Paume. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; RA 15, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 140 x 244 x 101 cm; 118 x 80 x 72 cm | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1946-01-15 | ||||||||
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