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

Applied Arts of Europe

1901/02

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

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: 1901–1902
Medium: Hard-paste biscuit porcelain and silver
Inscriptions: Mark: "SÈVRES" and "T / 1901"
Dimensions: 46 × 25.1 × 16.8 cm (18 1/8 × 9 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer
Reference Number: 1985.106a-f

DAPA and Lynn Springer Roberts, “DAPA Interview: Lynn Springer Roberts,” The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. Vol. 6 (Autumn 1987): p. 84 (ill.).
Ian Wardropper and Lynn Springer Roberts, European Decorative Arts in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991), pp. 114 (detail), 115-16, 120-21 (ill.).
Ingelore Böstge and Emmanuelle Héran. Agathon Léonard: Le geste Art nouveau, [exposition] Musée d’Art et d’Industrie André-Diligent (Paris: Somogy editions d’art, 2003), pp. 49, 51-4 (ills.), 117.

1980, Sevres Porcelain, AIC, March 8-April 20.

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