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Owner: Vincent de Moro-Giafferi — Paris, France
Collection: (MG) Moro Giafferi--Youngest member of the Paris bar, Vincent de Moro-Giafferi was one of the most colorful and relentless criminal defense lawyers in inter-war Paris. He even defied Hermann Goering in his defense of those accused of having set the Reichstag fire in March 1933. Moro-Giafferi made the short list of high-priority targets once the Wehrmacht occupied Paris in June 1940. His entire Paris apartment was emptied in November 1940.
Inventory No.: Kiste Nr. MG 7
Artist: époque Louis XVI
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: Sessel [petit fauteuil de bureau de femme]
Description: L'intérieur est en damas bleu-vert, pieds canelés; pourtour en cannage.
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Provenance and Comments: This item was probably added to crate MG 7 after its arrival at the Jeu de Paume since it does not appear in the Louvre inventory.
Archival Sources: Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RA 14, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Intake place: 27 avenue Kleber, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1940-11-05
Transfer place: Buxheim
Repatriated to France? Yes
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