| 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 279 AUS KISTE NR. D 100 [B 100] Anhängender Zettel MR 40 |
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| Artist: | Louis XVI, Franz. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Stuhl | ||||||||
| Description: | Holzgeschnitzt, cremefarben gestrichen. Gerade kannlierte (kannelierte) Beine, auf der leicht vorgewölbten Zarge ein Zahnschnittfries unter einem Perlstab, an den Ecken Quaderrosetten. Gradlinige, sich oben verbreiternde Rücklehne mit gleicher Ornamentierung wie die Zarge. Rückseite der Lehne mit Mittelstütze. Sitzfläche[:] Seidenwirkerei mit zwei schäbelnden Vögeln auf grauem Grund. Rücklehne: gelbe Seidenwirkerei mit Rosenstrauch von Blattkranz umgeben. H. 88,5 Br.51,5 T. 46 cm |
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| Provenance and Comments: | A typo on the ERR card misspelled the number of the crate. It is actually B 100, not D 100. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; RA 15, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 88,5 x 51,5 x 46 cm | ||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1946-01-15 | ||||||||
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