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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jeu de l'écharpe

Figure
1900 - 1903 (made), 1897 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Léonard, Agathon (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Standing female figure playing double pipes, forming part of a grand table design of the 'scarf dance' made famous by Loïe Fuller.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Figure
TitleJeu de l'écharpe (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Porcelain figure designed by Agathon Léonard and made by Sèvres, Paris, 1900-1903.
Physical description
Standing female figure playing double pipes, forming part of a grand table design of the 'scarf dance' made famous by Loïe Fuller.
Style
Art Nouveau
Gallery label
FIGURES FROM A TABLE SETTING Sèvres Porcelain Factory Manufacturer Agathon Léonard (born 1841) Modeller Paris (Sèvres): 1900 Biscuit Porcelain C.89 & E-G, I, K, M-1971 Agathon Léonard, born Léonard Agathon van Weydeveldt of Belgian parents, trained as a sculptor, but also specialised in ceramic modelling. The full group, entitled 'Jeu de I'Echarpe', consists of fifteen figures. It was first shown in the Paris 1900 Exhibition at which Sèvres won a Grand Prix, and was described in the exhibition report as "elegant figures in a graceful and charming ensemble which were a great and deserved success". They were produced by Sèvres in many editions and were also copied in bronze and porcelain by other factories. They were probably inspired by the dancing of the American, Loïe Fuller.
Bibliographic references
  • Böstge, Ingelore. Agathon Léonard. le geste Art nouveau Italy : Somogy Éditions D'Art, 2003. ISBN 2-85056-636-5
  • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.89I-1971

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Record createdApril 10, 2000
Record URL
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