Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 4e Série, Pl. 10, Coins. – Silhouette d’Arbre par la Neige. – Ovales et Carrés. – Oiseaux en Hiver. – Traits. – Tulipes, – Fuchsias.
Designed by Hennequin-Rêveur French
Published by Armand Guérinet French
Not on view
Tenth 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 ten designs with semi-abstract floral, natural and geometric motifs executed in black and white. The first design is made up of semi-abstract geometric frames with semi-abstract flying birds (?) and hatches, and a border of alternating squares and rectandles filled with zig-zagging lines and dots. The second design consists of a tree silhouette on the snow. The third design consists of square frames made with intermittent lines filled with dots and three semi-abstract tulips with a border made up of squares filled with dots and hatches. The fourth design is made up of a checked pattern above which stand out rows of alternating oval shapes. The fifth design is made up of an oval shape with two birds standing on a stem flanked by rays executed with shades of gray. The sixth design is made up of alternating rows of square frames with swirls over a background with strips of dots, circles and stripes, and diagonal hatches. The seventh design is made up of a border with small rectangles and a bundle with semi-abstract flowers over a background with thin black harches. The eighth design is made up of a large stylized flower over a mosaic pattern. The ninth design is made up of a bundle of large stylized flowers and leaves over a small mosaic pattern. The tenth design is made up of abstract motifs, semi-abstract fruits, small triangles and rectangles, and hatches, with a border created with alternating squares and rectangles.