Owner: Fernand Halphen — Paris, France
Collection: (HAL) Halphen--The HAL collection is actually a misnomer since it combines assets belonging to two branches of the Halphen family and spouses, commingled by ERR staff members responsible for carding and producing inventories as a single Halphen collection. All objects plundered under HAL were removed from three locations in Paris which belonged to Emile Halphen and Fernand Halphen between July 1940 and February 1941.
Inventory No.: Hal 38
INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: Nr. d. Botschaftsl. B.2
AUS KISTE NR.: S. 153 [E 153]
Artist: Louis XV, Franz.
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: Kleiner Schreibtisch
Description: Auf 4 geschwungenen Füßen in Bronzeschuhen, allseitig geschweifte, konturierte Zarge mit einem Schubfach, das die Schreibeinrichtung enthält. Zurückschiebbare lederbezogene Tischplatte von geschweiftem Umriß mit Messingeinfassung. In der Zarge Blütenzweige in Marketerie.
Aus Besitz Fernand Halphen.
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Provenance and Comments: This item was in a crate supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Intake place: 51, rue Dumont d'Urville, Paris
Transfer place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer date: 1940-07-09
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer place: Neuschwanstein
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1945-10-18
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