| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild — Bordeaux, 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 5 Aus Kiste Nr. Marmorpl. B 12; Kommode B 10. Anhängender Zettel M.R. 15. |
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| Artist: | Louis XV, Goudreau zugeschr. (lt. Prof. Feulner), Franz. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Kommode mit Marketerie und reichen vergoldeten Bronzebeschlägen. | ||||||||
| Description: | Vier leicht geschwungene Beine, konturierte Zarge bauchig vorgewölbte Vorderseite mit zwei die ganze Breite einnehmenden Schubladen, geschweifte Schmalseiten. Reiche Rocailleornamentik aus feuervorgoldeter Bronze an den Beinen, Kanten und auf der Vorderseite, die in drei Felder gegliedert wird. In den Feldern sind hellumrandete Flächen von unregelmässiger Form eingelassen, desgleichen an den Schmalseiten. [Reiche Rocailleornamentik aus feuervorgoldeter Bronze an den Beinen, Kanten und auf der Vorderseite, die in drei Felder gegliedert wird. In den Feldern sind hellumrandete Flächen von unregelmässiger Form eingelassen, desgleichen an den Schmalseiten.] Rote, dunkel geäderte Marmorplatte H. 82 cm Br. 141 cm 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. It was restored in the winter of 1944-1945. Repatriation to France occurred in two parts: the marble was returned on 18 October 1945 while the 'Kommode' was returned on 17 October 1945. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294, B323/309 | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 82 cm x 141 cm x 63 cm | ||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Buxheim | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-08-29 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-10-27 | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||
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