| Owner: | Vincent de Moro-Giafferi — Paris, France |
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| Collection: | (MG) Moro Giafferi--Youngest member of the Paris bar, Vincent de Moro-Giafferi was one of the most colorful and relentless criminal defense lawyers in inter-war Paris. He even defied Hermann Goering in his defense of those accused of having set the Reichstag fire in March 1933. Moro-Giafferi made the short list of high-priority targets once the Wehrmacht occupied Paris in June 1940. His entire Paris apartment was emptied in November 1940. |
| Inventory No.: | Kiste Nr. MG 7 |
| Artist: | époque Louis XVI |
| Medium: | Decorative Arts |
| Title: | Sessel [petit fauteuil de bureau de femme] |
| Description: | L'intérieur est en damas bleu-vert, pieds canelés; pourtour en cannage. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item was probably added to crate MG 7 after its arrival at the Jeu de Paume since it does not appear in the Louvre inventory. |
| Archival Sources: | Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RA 14, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France |
| Intake place: | 27 avenue Kleber, Paris |
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume |
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-05 |
| Transfer place: | Buxheim |
| Repatriated to France? | Yes |
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