| 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 26 Aus Kiste Nr. B 13 + 14. |
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| Artist: | Louis XV, Louis XVI, Franz. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Grosser runder Tisch | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mahagoni, Schildpatt, Perlmutter, vergoldete Bronzebeschläge. Breiter vorkantiger Fuss, der am Boden in mächtigen Voluten ausschwingt. Darauf die runde Tischplatte. Auf den Seiten des Fusses ein quadratisches Muster aus Schildpatt und Perlmutter, in der Mitte der Tischplatte ein Schachbrett aus dem gleichen Material. Die übrige Fläche des Tisches ist mit von Perlmutter gerahmten Quadern belegt. Vergoldete Bronzebeschläge, Akanthusblätter an den Voluten des Fusses, zwischen ihnen Rocaillekartuschen mit einem Frauenkopf, an den vier Kanten des Fusses unterhalb der Tischplatte je eine Blattmaske, eierstabähnliche Einfassung der Tischplatte. H. 76 Br. 144 Zustand Behandlung: Ein Akanthusblatt an einer Volute des Fusses fehlt |
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/294 | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 76 x 144 | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
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