| 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 3 Aus Kiste Nr. B 9 Anhängendes Schild: M.R. 17. |
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| Artist: | François Mondon, 1694-1770 Paris. Französisch | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Kommode | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Louis XV. Mahagoni, Marketerie, vergoldete Bronzebeschläge. Vier leicht geschwungene Beine, konturierte Zarge, gering geschweifte Vorderwand mit zwei die ganze Breite einnehmenden Schüben; geschweifte Schmalseiten. Die Vorderfront durch zwei geschwungene Streifen in drei Felder mit Blumenranken in Einlegearbeit eingeteilt; an den Schmalseiten ebenfalls Blumenranken. Vergoldete Bronzebeschläge in Form von Rocaillen; Schuhe, Eckstücke, zwei Griffe und ein Schlüsselschild an jedem Schubfach, Rocaillenmotiv am Cul-de-lampe. Marmorplatte (braun gemustert) derzeit nicht vorhanden. AGF/Dr. Sch. Material: siehe oben. H. 83 cm Br. 125,5 cm T. 57 cm Bezeichnet Signatur: Sign. MONDON und Innungstempel. |
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| Literature: | François Mondon, Paris, 1694-1770 (Salverte S. 221, Theunissen S. 131). | ||||||||||||
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/294 | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 83 cm x 125,5 cm x 57 cm | ||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-11-20 | ||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||
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