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 70 a-f
INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: Nr.d.Botschaftsl. B 14, B 20, B 25, B 26, B 69
AUS KISTE NR.: S. 48, 78, 82 [E 78] [E 82]
B 13 [E 65]
Kiste Nr. E 116
Artist: Louis XVI, Franz.
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: Sitzgarnitur und Kaminschirm, bestehend aus Sofa, zwei Bergèren und 2 Sesseln
Description: Holzgeschnitztes vergoldetes Gestell auf geraden Beinen, geschweifte konturierte Zarge mit Quaderrosetten an den Ecken und einem Blütenzweig in der Mitte.
Bezüge in Gros-Point mit Blumenstrauß in rot oder blau mit Schleifen in gleicher Farbe.
Die Sessel mit ovaler Rücklehne. Die Bezüge mit Messingknöpfen befestigt.
Aus Besitz Fernand Halphen.
Sofa: H.98, Br. 156 cm
Bergère:H.98, Br. 66 cm
Sessel: H. 91, Br. 58 cm
Kaminschirm:H.97, Br. 63 cm.
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Provenance and Comments: This item [B 13] was in a crate [E 65]. Items B 14 and B 25 were stored in crate E 78. Item B 20 was stored in crate E 82. Another armchair was stored in E 116. They were supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940. A similar item--B 13--was stored in crate E 79, according to Rose Valland's crate inventory.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 98 x 156 cm; 98 x 66 cm; 91 x 58 cm; 97 x 63 cm
Intake place: 51, rue Dumont d'Urville, Paris
Transfer place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer date: 1940-07-09
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Repatriated to France? Yes
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