CAST FROM A MODEL BY E. BESSIN, CIRCA 1900

This model formed part of Lonard's Jeu de l'echarpe series, a series of ten dancers. These were originally produced in biscuit by Svres and Susse Frres purchased the right to manufacture them in bronze. Of the ten dancers, only two are wired for electricity as table lamps, with the bulbs hidden in the folds of their billowing scarves.