| 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 5 Kiste Nr. B 12 |
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| Artist: | 1730/40(?), Mitte 18.Jh., Französisch. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||
| Title: | Kommode | ||||||||
| Description: | Der auf vier starken, kaum geschwungenen Beinen ruhende Kasten enthält zwei Schubladen, deren Aufteilung in keiner Weise betont ist. Von den Füssen ausgehend steigen in allen Kanten rankenartige Leisten hoch, von denen ausgehend zwei grosse, in einem die Griffe bildende Rokailleranken und zwei Rokaillen als Schlüsselbeschläge die Frontplatte zieren und jeweils eine nach vorne schwingende Ranke die Seitenfelder überzieht. Anhängender Zettel: M.R.15. Rote wenig gemusterte Marmorplatte. G. H. 85 cm Br. 145 cm T. 68 cm Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item was packed in a crate at the German Embassy, then transferred to the Louvre from where it was taken to the Jeu de Paume. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/309; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 85 cm x 145 cm x 68 cm | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Neuschwanstein | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Buxheim | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-08-29 | ||||||||
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