| 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 88 a, b INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: Nr.d.Botschaftsl. B 68, 72 AUS KISTE NR.: S. 77 [E 77] |
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| Artist: | Louis XVI, Franz. | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Ein Paar Sessel. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Geschnitztes vergoldeten Holzgestelle. Vier gerade, kannelierte Beine, geschweifte Zarge mit Perlstab und Lorbeerfries, an den Ecken Quaderrosetten. Rücklehne oval mit Lorbeerkranz umrandet . Neuer blauer Samtbezug, mit Messingknöpfen befestigt. Aus Besitz Fernand Halphen. H. 97 Br. 64 T. 55 cm |
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 97 x 64 x 55 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: | 1945-11-23 | ||||||||||||||||
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