Nénuphars (Waterlilies), pl. 11

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 four ornamental designs inspired on the natural beauty of waterlilies, 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 alternating waterlily leaves, outlined with light brown and colored with shades of green, over a green ground. The second design is made up of clusters of semi-abstract waterlilies, their petals colored with pastel blue, the pistils with orange, and sepals with brown, over a purple ground with overlapping rings placed underneath the flowers. The third design is made up of two vertical groups of three thin branches, two of them colored with green and one with brown, with offsetting branches that form alternating bundles of semi-abstract waterlilies, executed with white, brown, and green, over an orange ground. The fourth design is made up of a horizontal stripe with semi-abstract waterlilies, executed with blue, brown, green, and white, over a purple ground.