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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
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