Pavots (Poppies), pl. 2

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 poppies, 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 a horizontal, undulating garland with semi-abstract leaves, colored with green, and pairs of semi-abstract poppies, colored with pastel shades of orange and purple, over a horizontal stripe, colored with pink, framed between two thinner horizontal stripes, colored with pastel green. The second design is made up of interlacing branches with leaves, colored with purplish-red, and semi-abstract poppies, executed with blue, green, and brown, on a reddish-orange ground. The third design is made up of thin, undulating branches with semi-abstract leaves, colored with green, and semi-abstract poppies, executed with shades of blue, over a brown ground. The fourth design is made up of semi-abstract poppy stigma colored with light blue, flanked to the sides by clusters of semi-abstract poppy seeds, colored with brown, over a light brown ground.