Owner: Mme. Lantz nee Oppenheimer — Paris, France
Collection: (OPP) Oppenheimer--Although the ERR confiscated this collection under the name "Oppenheimer", Elie Lantz recovered those OPP items that were repatriated to France by the Allies after the war.
Inventory No.: Opp 20
1-13
Aus Kiste Nr. OPP 3 [20/1; 20/12, 20/13]
Kiste Nr. OPP 4 [20/2, 20/3]; Kiste Nr. OPP 5 [20/4, 20/5];
Kiste Nr. OPP 6 [20/6, 20/7]; Kiste Nr. OPP 7 [20/8, 20/9];
Kiste Nr. OPP 8 [20/10, 20/11]
Artist: Louis XVI, Französisch
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: Ein Sofa, zehn Sessel, zwei Stühle.
Description: Vergoldetes Holzgestell, Gobelinbezüge mit Fabeln von Lafontaine.
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Provenance and Comments: Hermann Goering removed the sofa and ten chairs from the OPP collection on 10 March 1942 in crates GH 44-48 and GH 51. These items were in 7 crates set aside for von Behr at the Louvre. Kisten Nr. OPP 3 and OPP 8 were set aside for transfer from Nikolsburg to Lager Karl [Kogl] on 1 March 1945.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 16 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/279, B323/300; RA 40, RV 103, RV 107, MAEE, Paris, France
Intake place: 42, rue Pergolese, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-00-00
Transfer place: H. G.
Transfer date: 1942-03-10
Transfer place: Nikolsburg
Transfer place: Lager Karl [Kogl]
Transfer date: 1945-03-01
Repatriated to France? Yes
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1946-02-22
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