{"id":39042,"date":"2023-09-13T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/?post_type=article&#038;p=39042"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:12:21","slug":"the-reichsbank-furniture","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/the-reichsbank-furniture","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Reichsbank Furniture&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-article block-header-article-natural block-header-article-align-pullLeft\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 first-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-article-image block-header-article-image-natural\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"3675\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69e7297ae51a2\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-300x263.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":263,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19322},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-1024x899.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":899,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":179728},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-768x674.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":674,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":105832},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-440x386.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":386,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":37842},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-580x509.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":509,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":62884},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-720x632.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":632,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":93595},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-1280x1124.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1124,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":268734},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri.jpg\",\"width\":1337,\"height\":1174}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Die buntgewebte Polsterung der beiden gr\\u00fcnen St\\u00fchle (Hochlehner) zeigt links Violinen und rechts einen Dudelsack. \",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:87.808526551982%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">The colourfully woven upholstery of the two green chairs (high-backed chairs) shows violins on the left and bagpipes on the right.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Stefan Petri <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 first-xs margin-bottom-third  block-header-article--text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"zeplin-subHead01 margin-bottom-sixth\">The &#8220;Reichsbank Furniture&#8221;<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They came to the M\u00e4rkisches Museum as a transfer from the Ministry of Finance of the GDR in the 1950s: 47 French antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. What does French furniture have to do with Berlin&#8217;s urban history? A contribution from provenance research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" has-highlight-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin has been conducting systematic provenance research since 2008. This was funded by the Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste and the State of Berlin. In this way, the Stadtmuseum Berlin is fulfilling its obligation to check its collections for the legality of acquisitions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;Provenance Research Day&#8221; was an occasion for Dr Regina Stein and her team to draw attention to a project going on behind the scenes at the Stadtmuseum Berlin: provenance research into the origin of the so-called &#8220;Reichsbank Furniture&#8221; &#8211; 47 French antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-gallery-extended padding-top-half padding-bottom\" style=\"background-color: #0017321A\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>The furniture<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid block-gallery-extended-container-fluid padding-top-half\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-5 block-gallery-extended-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-gallery-extended-wrapper has-loaded\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box block-gallery-extended-content block-gallery-extended-image-1 margin-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-gallery-extended-content-width\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"3673\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69e7297ae6f75\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-300x204.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":204,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9691},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-1024x697.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":697,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":73226},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-768x523.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":523,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":44781},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-1536x1046.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1046,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":146839},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-440x300.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":17796},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-580x395.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":395,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":28021},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-720x490.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":490,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":40167},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-1280x872.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":872,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":107685},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri.jpg\",\"width\":1714,\"height\":1167}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Zweiteiliger Sessel mit Fu\\u00dfbank, lindgr\\u00fcne Seide und vergoldete Delphine\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : []\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:68.086347724621%; 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All this furniture came to the M\u00e4rkisches Museum in the early 1950s as a transfer from the GDR Ministry of Finance. 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So we not only deal with the history of the collection at the house, with GDR history and the Berlin post-war period. The traces also lead us back to the National Socialist era and to the production of the pieces in France.<br><br>All the findings are gradually pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle and help to answer the crucial questions: Is the furniture possibly connected to unlawful seizure during the Paris occupation and who are the rightful owners of the furniture?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-special-contact-person\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Contact person\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-third\"><div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal contact-bottom-line\"><h2 class=\"h5\"><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 copy margin-bottom-half\" data-divisions=\"fachteam-zentrale-dokumentation\">\n\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-copySmall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h6\">Dr. Regina Stein<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t\tProvenienzforschung<br>\t\t\t\t\tFachteam Zentrale Dokumentation<br>\t\t\t\t\t<a :href=\"'rq.zhrfhzgqngf@avrgf.navtre:bgyvnz' | decodeMailto\">E-Mail<\/a><br>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:(030) 353 059-573\">(030) 353 059-573<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They came to the M\u00e4rkisches Museum as a transfer from the Ministry of Finance of the GDR in the 1950s: 47 French antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. 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