Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 2e Série, Pl. 5, Dessins de Fonds

Fifth plate of the second series of the pochoir textile pattern book, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs", with Art Deco textile designs created by Nicolas Sorokine and published in Paris by Armand Guérinet, probably in the second half of the 1920s or the early 1930s. The series consists of a title page with index and 12 plates with designs numbered 1-12, each with numerous designs, bound with dark blue linen boards. The designs 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.

This plate consists of four designs for backgrounds. The first consists of a semi-abstract pattern made with circles of different sizes and some zig-zagging lines and sunbursts executed with black and gray over a gold ground. The second design is made up of diagonal semi-abstract garlands of roses and flowers, colored with blue and black, and parallellograms outlined with black and with blue scales or created with with vertical and horizontal blue lines over a yellow ground. The third design is made up of interlacing purple branches with semi-abstract blue clusters of leaves with offsetting black branches with leaves and small red-and-purple rosettes over a blue ground. The final design is made up of bundles of purple, pink and yellor rosettes and green branches with leaves over a black ground.