Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 15, Quatre Dessins en noir, le no 4 avec Oiseaux et Fleurs

Fifteenth plate of pochoir 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 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 designs with geometric and abstract motifs, executed with black over light gray grounds. The first two designs consist of semi-abstract natural patterns with overlapping scales and egg-shapes that form up the foliage of the design; the second contains additional stylized flowers and undulating strips of rectangles that run across the design. The third design consists of an abstract motif with overlapping triangles and squares, scales, fragments of circles, triangles and shuttle shapes. The final design, mentioned in the title, is made up of semi-abstract birds and flowers that stand out over a semi-abstract natural pattern with foliage.