Formes et Couleurs, Planche 3

Third 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 five designs executed with a variety of pastel colors; the first two are presented in rectangles on the upper part of the sheet, and the other three are presented in triangles on the lower part. The first design consists of a large, semi-abstract flower, colored with shades of purple, orange and pink, flanked by stylized leaves, outlined with blue over a green ground. The second design is made up of a large bundle with semi-abstract leaves, executed with shades of pink and purple, and round, semi-abstract flowers, colored with orange and shades of green, over a pink ground. The third desigh is made up of rows of alternating semi-abstract bells, colored with blue, pink, and shades of purple, and scrolling leaves, colored with purple and orange, over a bluish-green ground. The fourth design consists of a triangular-shaped garland of stylized flowers, flower buds and leaves, executed with orange and shades of purple and green, containing in the center a bundle with flowers and leaves of the same type, a hand fan, colored with shades of purple, and a mask, colored with shades of orange and green, over a blue ground. The dinal design is made up of scrolling branches, colored with carmine, with leaves, colored with green, and semi-abstract roses, colored with orange, blue and aquamarine, over a bluish-green ground.