Formes et Couleurs, Planche 17

Seventeenth 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 motifs with flowers and leaves. The first design is made up of vertical rows of semi-abstract bundles with purple branches, pink flowers and green leaves over a dark green ground. The second design consists of a roundel with a bundle of large, semi-abstract flowers, colored with shades of purple, and leaves, colored with tan, over a purple ground. The final design is made up of interlacing branches with semi-abstract leavves and flowers, executed with white, black and peach-colore, over a tan ground.