Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 8, Dessins de fantaisie d’un caractère ultra-moderne

Eighth plate of pochoir pattern book, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs" (2nd copy), 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 book consists of a title page with index and 16 plates numbered 1-16, 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 presents four "fantastic designs" with a variety of abstract and geometric patterns executed with different color combinations. The first design is made up of vertical stripes made up of small alternating triangles colored with two shades of blue and what look like semi-abstract igloos colored with dark blue and dark green, flanked on one side by blue scales, over a dark red ground. The second and third designs contain abstract natural settings: one made up of stylized overlapping leaves and rows of pairs of scrolls, executed with several shades of blue over a dark gray ground, and the other made up of trees with thick, rectangular trunks and large blue leaves around them over a dark purple ground. The fourth design is made up of abstract dancing figures, executed with blue, with green headdresses and with golden trumpets, necklaces and garments over a dark purple and silver ground.