Rothschild furniture, 1945

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm.

Creator: Edward E. Adams, photographer

Description: Photograph shows Rothschild furniture recovered during World War II at Buxheim Monastery. Accompanied by a sheet formerly affixed to verso of photograph.
Item is inscribed on verso (handwritten): This is one of many rooms full of antique furniture taken from the Rothschild home in Paris. It is predominantly 18th century French. Quite a lot of painted and gilded Louis XV provincial stuff, a few good Renaissance pieces and quite a lot of elaborate inlay pieces. Valuable I suppose but a little quirky.
Accompanying material is inscribed (typewritten): Nazi looted art repository.
Identification on accompanying material (stamped): Please credit photo to Edward E. Adams.

Forms part of: James J. Rorimer papers, 1923-1982, bulk 1943-1950

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Rothschild furniture, 1945 / Edward E. Adams, photographer. James J. Rorimer papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 9942

Subjects:

• Furniture
• Germany
• Paris, France
• World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war

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