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Brass chandelier

Lost Art-ID
630568
Vorzimmer zum Dantezimmer, 1933, SLUB Dresden, Fotothek, df_hauptkatalog_0051741 (Detail); Bildautor: Walter Möbius
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Artist / Creator
unbekannt
Title
Brass chandelier
Dating
1801/1900
Object type
Light / lamp
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) / cast ; fire-gilded [presumably] ; electrified
Description
The chandelier with around 20 light fittings consisted of assembled cast brass parts mounted on an iron rod. It is very likely that it was fire-gilded.
Provenance
Dresden Castle, 2nd floor north wing, antechamber to the Dante Room; In inventory no. 1 of 31.01.1920, as part of the 1924 settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house, 1 bronze chandelier is listed under “Kammerdiener Zimmer am Dantezimmer” (valet's room in the Dante Room), which was given to the state as a room inventory marked in red; The chandelier from the was either taken to the Brauna manor near Kamenz on April 13, 1944, or at the latest on the second transport on April 21, 1944; Circumstances of loss unknown. A loss in connection with the events of the 2nd World War is assumed.
Literature / Source
Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 – Auseinandersetzungsvertrag 1924. Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 492, Seite 306; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-12, Blatt 1 + 1R ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-12, Blatt 26 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-12, Blatt 45 + 45 R
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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