Commemorative medallion for the rebuilding of the New Court, the London offices of N M Rothschild & Sons, 1965.
N M Rothschild & Sons, New Court
New Court in St Swithin's Lane in the City has been the home of the London house of Rothschild for over 200 years. In 1809 Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) acquired the lease of No.2, New Court, as a home for his family and as the centre of his London business interests. In 1865, a new building was completed on the site of the first New Court in the style of a grand Italian ‘palazzo’ to the design of Thomas Marsh Nelson. By the 1960s, the century old building (which had survived the London blitz) was beginning to look dated. In 1962, the decision was taken to rebuild; in 1965, the staff returned to St Swithin's Lane to a gleaming black and white marble building designed by the architect Fitzroy Robinson. In 2008, this building was replaced by the current New Court by the international architect Rem Koolhaas and his practice OMA.
Commemorative medallion for the 150th Anniversary of M M de Rothschild Frères, 1967.
M M de Rothschild Frères, rue Lafitte
James Mayer de Rothschild (1792-1868) was in Paris from the age of 19. In 1817, he established a permanent business in Paris, under the corporate name of de Rothschild Frères in offices at 19, 21 and 23 rue Lafitte. In 1967, the Paris bank celebrated the 150th anniversary of its foundation, and a celebratory medallion sculpted by M.Simon was created. In the same year de Rothschild Frères became Banque Rothschild, and the decision was made to rebuild the offices in the rue Lafitte, making way for a modern building which opened in 1970. Between 1981-1982, Banque Rothschild, was one of 39 to be nationalised by the French government, and the Rothschilds were obliged to leave the rue Laffitte.
