Owner: Maurice de Rothschild — Paris, France
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 346
Artist: époque Louis XIV
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: Bergère dorée
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Provenance and Comments: This object was not catalogued in the ERR inventories. The BoR collection ends at BoR 337. But the French restitution files list BoR 346 as having been returned to Maurice de Rothschild on 15 June 1946.
Archival Sources: RA 15, MAEE, Paris, France
Intake place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Repatriated to France? Yes
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1946-06-15
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