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Basket chandelier with crystal hanging

Lost Art-ID
630558
Kleiner Speisesaal 1922, LfDS Dresden, Bildsammlung, Negativnummer: 0038 (Detail); Bildautor: Paul Wolff
Artist / Creator
Barbedienne, Ferdinand
Birth
1810.01.10, St-Martin-de-Fresnay (Calvados)
Death
1992.03.21, Paris
Place of activity
Paris
First mentioned
Paris
Artist / Creator
Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris,
Title
Basket chandelier with crystal hanging
Dating
1868
Object type
Light / lamp
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) ; Glass (Crystal glass) / fire-gilded ; electrified
Description
2 Louis XV style chandeliers with 48 light bulbs, made of gilded bronze with cut crystals by Baccara, Nancy (Invoice from Ferdinand Barbedienne in Paris dated 5 September 1868)
Provenance
Dresden Castle, 2nd floor east wing, Small Dining Hall; In inventory no. 1 of 31.01.1920, as part of the settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house of 1924 1 large bronze chandelier with glass hanging and 48 candle lamps, electric is listed in the Small Dining Hall, as room inventory marked with a red cross, belongs to the state; An exact date of removal is not on record. The measures were completed in the summer of 1944. The sconces were probably removed on April 26, 1944 and taken to the relocation site at Rammenau Castle. Nothing is known about the circumstances of the loss of these objects. It is assumed that they were lost in connection with the events of the Second World War.
Literature / Source
Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 – Auseinandersetzungsvertrag 1924, Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 492, Seite 170 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-34, Blatt 77
Published since
30.07.2025
Contact

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany

Homepage
https://www.smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Position
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Position
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

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