| 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. | ||||||||||||
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| Inventory No.: | BoR 257 | ||||||||||||
| Artist: | Franz, | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Eckkommode von Desforges | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Louis XV. Schwarzer Lack mit chinesischer Malerei, vergoldete Bronzebeschläge. Auf drei Füssen mit gleicht geschweifter, zweitüriger Vorderwand, auf der in Goldmalerei, stellenweise in Relief, ein Berglandschaft dargestellt ist. Die Malerei wird umrahmt von einer Rocailleiste aus vergoldeter Bronze. aus gleichem Material Volutenschuhe, durchbrochenes Rocaillemotiv am Cul-de-lampe, Eckstücke und Schlüssel schild. Signiert: D.F./ Jean Desforges, Paris, tätig um 1739 (Salverte S 89 Theunissen S 54 ff. Blauschwarz, braun gefleckte Marmorplatte. H. 92 Br. 77 T 53 cm |
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/304. | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 92 x 77 x 53 cm | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-10-27 | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-10-17 | ||||||||||||
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