Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 4e Série, Pl. 3, Tulipes et Pivoines. – Roses et feuilles de Chênes. – Symphonie de couleurs. – Confettis et feuillages fantaisie. – Fleurs entrelacées.

Designed by Hennequin-Rêveur French
Published by Armand Guérinet French

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Third plate of the fourth series of pochoir pattern books, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs: Motifs inédits pour toutes Industries d'Art" (Studio of Decorative Arts: Novel Motifs for all Art Industries, with Art Deco textile designs created by Hennequin-Rêveur 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 five designs with semi-abstract floral motifs. The first design is made up of a network of interlacing circle and square outlines executed with light blue over a floral pattern with semi-abtract tulips and peonies colored with red, violet, yellow, orange, red, green and light blue over a purple ground. The second design is made up of scrolling branches with stylized roses and bundles of stylized oak leaves, colored with red brown and with green accents, over a light blue ground with small red-and-white dots. The third design is made up of irregular overlapping horizontal lines colored with gray, white and red over a blue ground. The fourth design is made up of oval frames with scalloped edges colored with black, gray and white, and filled with green, purple, gray and pink stipples (confetti) over a white ground, over a background of interlacing branches with leaves, colored with green and bluish-green, and cherries (?) colored with pink, over a purple ground. The final design is made up of vertical stripes filled with semi-abstract flowers, colored with pink and purple, and green leaves, interlaced by thin horizontal stripes outlined with gray and filled with gray and black intermittent lines over white grounds, over a background with semi-abstract flowers and leaves colored with blue, pink and green over a purplish-white base.

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