Tulipes (Tulips), pl. 8

Plate, part of a collection of 30 pochoir pattern plates, originally part of a book titled "Les fleurs et leurs applications décoratives" (Flowers and their decorative applications), created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by A. Calavas, as part of the collection "Librairie des Arts Decoratifs" (Library of Decorative Arts) in 1902. The plate features three ornamental designs inspired on the natural beauty of tulips, providing what Séguy considered a successful example of the application of scientific study of flowers in artistic creation, resulting in colorful designs likely intended for textiles or wallpapers. The first design, possibly intended for or inspired by stained glass, is made up of alternating large, semi-abstract tulips, executed with shades of brown and gold, flanked by scrolling branches, colored with blue, over a green ground. The second design is made up of a vertical, undulating branch with semi-abstract tulips, colored with orange, and leaves, colroed with green, over a vertical stripe, colored with purple, framed between two thinner stripes, colored with a lighter shade of purple. The third design is made up of alternating bundles of semi-abstract tulips and leaves, executed with light shades of purplish-blue, over a green ground.