Children´s chair

Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified

Categories: Furniture / Occasional furniture

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

ÖMV/46100

Description

Children’s chair, turned chair, seat made of wicker, upright back made out of wood with carved flower (the lower petal has been cut off, possibly used for another purpose), legs connected by four turned rungs, the front of the legs are decorated with carved, scale-shaped ornaments. Skyros, Greece. 

Height

56.7 cm

Width

30 cm

Period

2nd half of the 19th Century, 20th Century

Provenance Data

 

Former owner according to museum / collection

unkown

Provenance

Means of acquisition not clear

Provenance according to museum / collection

Collection of Greek embroidery and wood carvings, Arthur Haberlandt from Athens

Committee in charge

Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art

Decision

No decision has been reached so far.

Implementation

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.

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