Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 3e Série, Pl. 1, Sept Dessins de haute fantaisie

First plate of the third series of pochoir pattern books, 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 seven designs of "high fantasy" featuring a variety of semi-abstract floral motifs arranged in two rows. The first design is made up of stylized roses and branches with leaves executed with aquamarine, yellow and blue over a dark greenish-gray ground. The second design is made up of alternating vertical rows of stylized flowers and leaves executed in dark gray and orange and semi-abstract rosettes executed in orange over an aquamarine ground. The third design is made up of semi-abstract rosettes and roundels with semi-abstract rosettes executed with red, green, orange, yellow, and shades of blue over a light blue ground. The fourth design is made up of stylized flowers colored with light blue and yellow, smaller purple rosettes, and circles rendered with rectancles colored with blue, purple and orange over an off-white ground. The fifth design is made up of abstract branches with leaves and fruits (?) executed with dark blue, reddish-brown, orange, yellow and green over an aquamarine ground. The sixth design is made up of abstract branches with leaves and flowers executed with purple, brown, blue and dark green over a light green ground. The final design is made up of bundles of stylized leaves and roses with large offsetting semi-abstract leaves made up of squares, colored with grayish-blue, green, orange, yellow and gray over a dark blue ground.