| 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 4 Aus Kiste Nr. B 11 Anhängender Zettel. MR 14 |
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| Artist: | 1. H. 18. Jhd. Louis XV, Cressent zugeschrieben (lt. Prof. Feulner). Franz. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Kommode | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mahagoni, Marketerie, vergoldete Bronzebeschläge. Vier gerade, nach oben sich verbreiternde Beine, konturierte Zarge, geschweifte Vorderwand und Schmalseiten. Vorn zwei die ganze Breite einnehmende Schubladen übereinander. Geometrische, aus verschieden getonten Streifen gebildete Muster (Quadrate, Kreisbögen, usw.) in Einlegearbeit. Vergoldete Bronzebeschläge, Klauenfüsse, schwere Eckstücke in Form von Rocaillen, Muschel- und Blattmotiv am Cul-de-lampe; von den Beinen gehen Rundstäbe aus, um die sich Eau rankt; Griffe in Gestalt von Freiplastischer Ranken, auf dem oberen Schubkasten eine grosse Rocaille, von deren Mitte ein Rosengehänge ausgeht, an den Schmalseiten treffen sich die Efeuranken in einem Kielbogen unter einer Kartusche. Marmorpl. braun gem. z. Zt. fehlend H. 84, Br. 143, T. 63 cm |
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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, B323/294, B323/304 | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 84 x 143 x 63 cm | ||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-03-02 | ||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||
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