| 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 8 Aus Kiste Nr. B 23 Anhängender Zettel MR 67 |
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| Artist: | Louis XVI, Franz. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Eckkommode (Encoignure) | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mahagoni, Marketerie, vergoldete Bronzebeschläge. Drei Beine, Vorderfront geschweift und zweitürig, stark vorspringende Vorderkanten. Auf den Türflügeln Rosenranken in Einlegearbeit, dunkel gerahmt, die dunkle Rahmung begleitet die Umrisse der vergoldeten Bronzebeschläge, die in Form von Rocaillen und Ranken die intarsierten Blumen umgeben, Rocaillenschuhe und Eckstücke ebenfalls aus vergoldeter Bronze. Gegenstück zu Bor 255 H. 86,5 Br. 78 T. 56 cm Zustand Behandlung: Marmorplatte nicht vorhanden |
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| Literature: | Auf der Oberseite eine aufgeklebte Verkaufsankündigung eines Möbelhändlers "Au Roy d'Espagne." Rue de la Monnaye, prés le Pont-Neuf a Paris" vom Jahre 1742. | ||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294, B323/304 | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 86,5 x 78 x 56 cm | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 22381/1 | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-03-27 | ||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||
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