Small table on three feet with circa 45° bent, rectangular top, with vegetile ornaments inlaid with pewter strips and mother-of-pearl scales. Rim of top and claws of theriomorphic feet inlaid with bone. Top 10.43 x 8.07 in. From the Near East
Material
Further kinds of material, Wood
Height
69,00 cm
Width
26,50 cm
Motif
Ornaments
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum/collection
Popper, Georg
Provenance
Loan to museum/collection
Provenance according to museum/collection
On loan from the 'NSV-Hernals (i.e. the 'Volkswohlfahrt', a Nazi welfare organisation in the Viennese district Hernals)', July 1939
Committee in charge
Art Restitution Advisory Board
Examination
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has decided on the restitution of the art.
Recommendation
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has recommended that the art or cultural object is to be restored to the owners or their legal successors.
Committee in charge
Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture
Decision
No decision has been reached so far.
Implementation
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
In its meeting of June 24, 2009 the Advisory Board unanimously reached the following decision: The Advisory Board recommends to the Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture that the mentioned 92 ethnographic objects and 42 books be handed over to the legal successors of Ing. Dr. Georg Popper. The aforementioned objects are listed in the enclosed file and designated with ‘NSV Hernals (probably Ing. Georg Popper)’.
