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.
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Artist: Chine, 18ème siècle
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: jeu d'échecs chinois
Description: Les figures sont en ivoire coloré avec boule dans le socle, figures, blanc-rouge.
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Archival Sources: RA 14, MAEE, Paris, France
Intake place: 27 avenue Kleber, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1940-11-05
Restituted? No
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