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Centerpiece: The Scarf Dance (Surtout: Le jeu de l'écharpe)

A work made of hard-paste biscuit porcelain and silver.

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  • A work made of hard-paste biscuit porcelain and silver.

Date:

1901/02

Artist:

Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740)
Designed by Léonard-Agathon van Weydeveld (French, born Belgian 1841-1923)
France, Sèvres

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (Manufacturer)

Title

Centerpiece: The Scarf Dance (Surtout: Le jeu de l'écharpe)

Place

France (Object made in:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1901–1902

Medium

Hard-paste biscuit porcelain and silver

Inscriptions

Mark: "SÈVRES" and "T / 1901"

Dimensions

A: 57.5 × 27.4 × 20.4 cm (22 5/8 × 10 3/4 × 8 in.); B: 53.1 × 32.4 × 15.9 cm (20 7/8 × 12 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.); C: 47.7 × 25.6 × 17.8 cm (18 3/4 × 10 1/16 × 7 in.); D: 50.4 × 25.1 × 19.1 cm (19 13/16 × 9 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.); E: 45.8 × 25.1 × 27.7 cm (18 × 9 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); F: 42 × 19.7 × 23.2 cm (16 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer

Reference Number

1985.106a-f

Extended information about this artwork

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