Formes et Couleurs, Planche 2

Second plate of pochoir pattern book with loose leaves titled "Formes et Couleurs: Vingt Planches en Couleurs Contenant Soixante-sept Motifs Décoratifs" (Forms and Colors: Twenty Colored Plates Containing Sixty-Seven Decorative Motifs), designed by Auguste H. Thomas and edited by Albert Lévy, published in Paris by Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts around 1930. The album is composed of one title page and 20 plates with several designs, numbered 1-20. The plates are stored inside a reconstructed black portfolio with title pochoir label on the front cover. The designs in the album are possibly for textiles and contain a variety of geometric motifs, birds and flowers, all typical of the Art Deco style, which was characterized by its eclecticism, drawing from a variety of sources that sought to combine old European design traditions with the modern style diffused by avant-garde art, while also reflecting the romantic fascination with early Egyptian and Meso-American "exotic" cultures promoted by archaeological discoveries of the times.

The plate consists of four designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design is made up of a large bundle with semi-abstract lilies (?) colored with orange and brown, and blue stems with semi-abstract flowers colored with yellow and orange, held together by a ribbon bow, colored with mint green and lavender, over an orange background with semi-abstract leaves outlined with green. The second design is made up of bundles of semi-abstract roses, flowers and flower buds, outlined with blue, over a light gray background with semi-abstract leaves colored with purple. The third design is made up of interlacing branches with leaves, colored with blue, and semi-abstract fruits, colored with shades of brown, over a blue ground with vertical undulating lines colored with lavender. The final design is made up of a large bundle of semi-abstract roses, outlined with dark blue and colored with shades of pink, scrolling branches with small flower buds, colored with bluish-green, and large stylized leaves, colored with green and brown, on a flat vase colored with purple over a fuchsia ground.