| 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 109 Kiste Nr. B 107 |
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| Artist: | 16. Jh., Kleinasien | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Sogenannter Velours de Skutari, | ||||||||
| Description: | Seidensamt, geschoren, Wolle und Metallfäden, Teppich mit Vier-Blumen-Dekor. Farbe: Rechteckiges Mittelfeld mit gefülltem Medaillon: Vase mit symmetrisch angeordneten Blütenzweigen mit Blumenkelch. Die Zwickel mit Blütenranken gefüllt. Ober- und unterhalb des Mittelfeldes Fries mit Lambrequinartigem Muster mit stilisiertem Blatt- und Rankenwerk in geometrischer Umrahmung. AGK/Dr. B. Samt. L. Br. Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Kogl | ||||||||
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