Chrysanthèmes (Chrysanthemums), pl. 18

Plate, part of a collection of 30 pochoir pattern plates, originally part of a book titled "Les fleurs et leurs applications décoratives" (Flowers and their decorative applications), created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by A. Calavas, as part of the collection "Librairie des Arts Decoratifs" (Library of Decorative Arts) in 1902. The plate features three ornamental designs inspired on the natural beauty of chrysamthemums, providing what Séguy considered a successful example of the application of scientific study of flowers in artistic creation, resulting in colorful designs likely intended for textiles or wallpapers. The first design is made up of vertical columns of scrolling leaves, colored with dark reddish-brown, ciwh offsetting scrolling branches with leaves and stylized chrysantemums, executed with shades of green, over an orange ground. The second design is made up of thin, interlacing branches with leaves, executed alternatingly with brown and dark blue, separated by bundles of semi-abstract chrysanthemums, colored with two light shades of green, over a green ground. The third design is made up of thin, interlacing branches, colored with light green and outlined with blue, and bundles of chrysanthemum buds, outlined with blue and with red details, over a light blue ground.