| Owner: | Fernand Halphen — Paris, France | ||||||||
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| Collection: | (HAL) Halphen--The HAL collection is actually a misnomer since it combines assets belonging to two branches of the Halphen family and spouses, commingled by ERR staff members responsible for carding and producing inventories as a single Halphen collection. All objects plundered under HAL were removed from three locations in Paris which belonged to Emile Halphen and Fernand Halphen between July 1940 and February 1941. | ||||||||
| Inventory No.: | Hal 102 a,b INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: Nr.d.Botschaftsl. B 41, 58 AUS KISTE NR.:S 84 [E 84] |
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| Artist: | Louis XVI, Franz. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Ein Paar Sessel (Rahmen Neu). | ||||||||
| Description: | Geschnitztes vergoldetes Holzgestell, vier gerade kannelierte leine, geschweifte Zarge mit Quaderrosetten an den Ecken. Geschweifte Rücklehne mit einfacher Kehle, oben bogiger Abschluß mit Palmettenrosetten an den Ecken. Armstützen in Voluten endigend, die Vorderseite der Streben profiliert und mit Akanthusblatt. Gobelinbezug auf Rücklehne und Sitzfläche. rosengefüllte Vase, von Ranken umgeben. Aus Besitz Fernand Halphen. H. 90 Br. 61 T. 52 cm. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | These items [ B 41 and B 58] were in a crate [E 84] supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 90 x 61 x 52 cm | ||||||||
| Intake place: | 51, rue Dumont d'Urville, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-07-09 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-11-30 | ||||||||
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