Suggestions, Pl. 13
Thirteenth plate of album with 20 pochoir pattern plates with designs for textiles and carpets, titled "Suggestions pour étoffes et tapis: 60 motifs en couleur" (Suggestions for stuffs and carpets: 60 color motifs), created by E.A. Séguy and published in Paris by Massin & Cie in 1923. The plate contains three designs with semi-abstract motifs inspired from nature, executed with lively colors. The first design consists of a blue rectangle, containing a smaller rectangle, outlined with black and green, containing two interlacing, undulating branches with orange stripes, and semi-abstract flowers, colored with blue and shades of green, outlined with black, and with white stipples, flanked by small, semi-abstract leaves, colored with black and outlined with green, on a red ground. The second design consists of a black oval frame with semi-abstract flowers,e xecuted with shades of blue, flanked with black leaves, and with white and purple details, on a purple ground. The third design consists of an oval frame made up of a thin outer stripe of green color, and two thicker stripes, colored with black and purple, containing a tree with purple branches, bundles of abstract, red flowers, and semi-abstract leaves, colored with green and blue, on a light brown ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Suggestions, Pl. 13
- Designer: Designed by Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877–1951)
- Publisher: Published by Ch. Massin & Cie. , Paris
- Date: 1923
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (44.7 × 31.8 cm)
Album: 18 1/16 × 13 1/4 × 9/16 in. (45.9 × 33.6 × 1.5 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.80(13)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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