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Plastron
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Clothing, Clothing / Clothing
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
ÖMV/46081
Description
Unfinished plastron richly embroidered (diamond pattern with meanders) in burgundy, dark brown, dark blue and light brown (probably yellow originally) and gold colored metallic web. A long slit in the middle. Tanagra, Greece.
Height
28 cm
Width
18 cm
Period
20th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
unbekannt
Means of acquisition not clear
Provenance according to museum / collection
Collection of Greek embroidery and wood carvings, Arthur Haberlandt from Athens
Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
The procurement of this object in Athens by Director Arthur Haberlandt and its transport was only made possible by the German Embassy in Athens. However, no documentary evidence exists to prove its provenance or any form of payment. Therefore, this object is to be considered looted/expropriated.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism