Armchair Jean Baptiste Gourdin (1723-1781), Jean Baptiste Gourdin, c. 1760

…; collection The Duke of Cumberland;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series II.I, Collectors’ files: Mannheimer, F., ca. 1924-1948, image 67, invoice to Dr Fritz Mannheimer, d.d. 9 February 1934; only the fabrics were in this collection.} from whom purchased by the dealer Duveen, Paris, 1922 or 1923;{Fowles 1976, p. 167; only the fabrics were part of this transaction, Duveen made them into furniture.} from whom, $24,000, to Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1934;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series II.I, Collectors’ files: Mannheimer, F., ca. 1924-1948, image 67, invoice to Dr Fritz Mannheimer, d.d. 9 February 1934.} purchased from the estate of Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

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