Formes et Couleurs, Planche 14

Fourteenth 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 bundles of semi-abstract roses, outlined with yellow, green and purple, and semi-abstract leaves, outlined with purple, over a cream ground with small purple squares. The second design consists of a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers, branches and leaves, colored with shades of green and purple over a red ground. The fourth design consists of a large bundle with semi-abstract flowers, executed with orange and shades of green, and semi-abstract branches with leaves, colored with green and purple, over an aquamarine ground. The final design is made up of large semi-abstract flowers with petals outlined with shades of purple resting on beds of leaves outlined with orange over a cream ground.