Mouvet Collection

Maurice and Eleonora at the Acacia, 1926
The famous dancer Maurice Mouvet and Eleanora Ambrose, the daughter of a Kansas City oil millionaire, captured by Annie Fish giving an exhibition dance at the Acacia in Paris. Date: 1926

Leonara Hughes, 1921
The famous cabaret / ballroom dancer Leonara Hughes, partner to Maurice Mouvet wearing a moleskin wrap from Selfridge s, 1921 Date: 1921

A sketch by Fish of the ballroom dancing stars Maurice Movet and Eleanora Ambrose dancing at the Acacias nightclub, Paris, 1926 Date: 1926

A portrait of Oscar Mouvet, Parisian cafe
A portrait of Oscar Mouvet (the brother of the celebrated ballroom dancer Maurice Mouvet), Parisian cafe, night-club and cabaret owner and promoter, 1924 Date: 1924

The ballroom dancing team of Barabara Bennett and Charles Sabin, 1931 entertaining at Delmonicos in New York. Sabin is the protege of Maurice Mouvet, the first true star of ballroom Date: 1931

Advert for Maurice Dances at the Piccadilly Hotel, London, 1920 Date: 1920

Maurice and Leonora Hughes, London, 1920: a position in the third figure of Maurices exhibition Valse Date: 1920

The interiror of Le Jardin de ma souer nightlcub in Paris
The interiror of Le Jardin de ma souer nightlcub, 17 Rue Caumartin, Paris, mid-1920s

A portrait of Maurice Mouvet and Barbara Bennett, July 1925 Date: 1925

A portrait of Maurice Mouvet, July 1925. In a reminiscent mood over a portrait of his previous partner Leonora Hughes Date: 1925

Leonora Hughes, the celebrated ballroom dancer
A portrait of Leonora Hughes, the celebrated ballroom dancer and partner to the legendary Maurice Mouvet, 1923 Date: 1923

The Cascades Ballroom in the Biltmore Hotel, New York, featuring Maurice Mouvet and Florence Walton exhibition dancers Date: 1920s

A candid snapshot of well-know dancing celebrities in St Moritz, 1923, From left to right: second left Josephine Bradley, Robert Seille, Comtesse de Villeries

Portraits of three sets of exhibition dancers: Maurice Mouvet and Leonora Hughes (dancing in Paris)

The fashionable night-club Jardin de ma Souer in Paris 1924
The fashionable night-club Jardin de ma Souer, 17 Rue Caumartin near the Opera, Paris, 1924. Run by Oscar Mouvet, it was later called The Embassy Club and then The Blue Room Date: 1924

Maurice and Eleanora
The famous dancer Maurice Mouvet and his bride to be Eleanora Ambrose, the daughter of a Kansas City oil millionaire, posing for the camera. Date: 1926

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