| Owner: | Emile 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 104 a-c INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: Nr.d.Botschaftsl. A 17, A 23, 35 AUS KISTE NR.: S. 66 [E 66] [E 85] |
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| Artist: | Louis XV, Franz. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Drei Sessel. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Geschnitzte, braungebeizte Holzgestelle. Geschweifte Beine. In der Mitte und an den Ecken der von Rundstäben eingefaßten Kehle der geschweiften, konturierten Zarge Blüten und Blätter, desgl. auf dem bogig geschwungenen Abschluß der Rücklehne. Gobelinbezüge: Auf den Rücklehnen Tierszenen aus den Fabeln von Lafontaine, auf den Sitzflächen großflappige Blätten und Blumen auf graublauem Grund. H. 99 Br. 74 T. 60 cm. |
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| Literature: | Aus Besitz Emile Halphen. | ||||||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | These items were in a crate supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940. According to Rose Valland's crate inventory, A 23 was in crate E 85. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 99 x 74 x 60 cm | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | 18, avenue Henri Martin, Paris 16 | ||||||||||||
| Intake date: | 1940-07-09 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-11-30 | ||||||||||||
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