Formes et Couleurs, Planche 5

Fifth 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 three designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design is made up of a horizontal garland with semi-abstract leaves executed with two tones of green, and hanging flowers, executed with pink and purple, over a blue ground with dark blue shadows. The second design is made up of bundles of large, stylized leaces, colored with white and shades of purple, and flowers, colored with purple, white, and shades of green, over a brown ground. The third design consists of a large bundle with long, stylized leaves, colored with gray and purple, branches with bundles of small, semi-abstract flowers, colored with shades of orange, and stylized round flowers, colored with light brown and blue, surrounded with dark green leaves, held together by a purple-and-blue ribbon, over a brown ground.