Formes et Couleurs, Planche 6

Sixth 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, possibly for borders or ribbons, with garlands of semi-abstract flowers and leaves. The first design consists of a garland with semi-abstract roses and flower buds, colored with orange and light gray, semi-abstract leaves, colored with shades of purple, and scrolling leaves, colored with dark purple and greenish-blue, over a green ground. The second design consists of a garland of large, semi-abstract leavrs, colored with brown and with gray accents, and semi-abstract rosettes, colored with pink and purple, over a burgundy ground. The third design is made up of a garland of semi-abstract rosettes, colored with pink, black, and shades of green, and interlacing orange-and-black ribbons, over a tan ground.