Formes et Couleurs, Planche 7

Seventh 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 natural motifs. The first design, presented on a semi-circle on the upper part of the sheet, consists of alternating scales, rendered with purple undulating lines, and with blue scalloped edges, with semi-abstract flowers, executed with orange and green, over a turquoise ground. The second design consists of scrolling semi-abstract branches with leaves, colored with tan and violet, with semi-abstract birds, colored with white, black and aquamarine, standing on them, over a purple ground. The third design, also presented on a semi-circle, consists of a bundle with large, semi-abstract flowers, colored with shades of purple, smaller rosettes, colored with pastel yellow, and semi-abstract, elongated leaves, colored with shades of green, over an orange ground.