Floréal, Pl. 17
Seventeenth plate of album with 20 pochoir pattern plates, titled "Floréal: Dessins & Coloris Nouveaux" (Floreal: New Designs and Colors), created by Emile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by A. Calavas in 1925 or earlier. The plate contains three ornamental designs, possibly for textiles or wallpapers, with lively, semi-abstract motifs inspired from nature. The first design consists of a large flower with petals colored with abstract swatches colored with red and shades of brown, around a purple triangle with orange rectangles, and with a thin, undulating stem flanked by two leaves, colored with orange and purple intermittent lines, on a green background with alternating rows of rectangles, outlined with a darker shade of green, each with a dash on the center. The second design is made up of a vertical, undulating branch, colored with blue and with a checked pattern colored with silver, flanked alternatingly with semi-abstract flowers colored with spots colored with shades of red, blue and green, on a white background with horizontal, undulating stripes, colored with bluish-green. The third design is made up of alternating, black rectangles with thin, undulating branches, colored with gold, with a bundle of stylized flowers, colored with green, white, and purple, framed with white, two thin, undulating, purple lines, and a thin, orange line.
Artwork Details
- Title: Floréal, Pl. 17
- Designer: Designed by Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877–1951)
- Publisher: Published by A. Calavas (French) , Paris
- Date: 1925 or earlier
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53 × 35.2 cm)
Album: 17 5/16 × 15 3/16 × 13/16 in. (44 × 38.5 × 2 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1977.643.5(17)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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