Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 4e Série, Pl. 5, Ornements futuristes. – Fleurs stylisées. – Frise. – Dessin cubiste. – Fleurs fantaisie dans un cachemire. – Rayures Arabes.

Designed by Hennequin-Rêveur French
Published by Armand Guérinet French

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Fifth 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 six designs with semi-abstract floral and geometric motifs. The first design is made up of abstract motifs made up of triangles, stripes and other geometric shapes, colored with green, black, pink, dark red and yellow over a dark red ground. The second design is made up of stylized flowers colored with pink, dark red, purple and blue, and stylized leaves, colored with green and dark red, inside pentagon frames colored with dark red and purple, and roundels of different sizes, the largest containing stylized flowers and leaves, colored with purple, blue, pink, dark red and green, over an orange background with black traces. The third design is a frieze with semi-abstract leaves colored with dark red, purple and shades of green, and a zig-zagging line colored with cream and decorated with black dots. The fourth design is made up of pyramids, ovals, crescent moons, and other semi-abstract and geometric motifs, colored with dark blue, red, purple and green over a yellow ground. The fifth design is made up of paisley leaves and stylized flowers, roses and leaves, executed with pink, purple, dark red, light blue, tan and black over a yellow ground. The final design is made up of "arabic stripes" executed with light pink and aquamarine over a gray background with rectangles filled with blue and white dots and hatches.

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