| Owner: | Vincent de Moro-Giafferi — Paris, France | ||||
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| 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.: | MG 6 INV. NR. ALTE SLG.: sichergest. Moro Giafferi |
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| Artist: | Louis XVI, Französisch | ||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||
| Title: | Medaillon-Telpich [Teppich] | ||||
| Description: | Ovales Medaillon. Musikinstrumente mit roten Blumen und blauen Bändern auf beige Grund mit rosenfarbener Bordüre. 400 x 510 cm. VERBLEIB: Sammlung Göring |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This tapestry was seized from Mr. de Moro Giafferi's apartment on 5 November 1940. It was appraised by Jacques Beltrand on 1 May 1941. | ||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 16 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RA 14, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||
| Measurements: | 4 x 5,10 m | ||||
| Intake place: | 27 avenue Kleber, Paris | ||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-05 | ||||
| Transfer place: | H G. | ||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-05 | ||||
| Restituted? | No | ||||
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