Idées 2, Plate 5

Fifth plate of the second album of a book containing two pochoir pattern albums bound together, titled "Idées 2" (Ideas 2), published ca. 1933 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and designed by Georges Darcy. The album is composed of one title page and 12 plates, numbered 1-12; the book is bound with blue library binding, with the title printed in gold on paper mounted on the front cover. The designs in the albums are possibly for Art Deco textiles and 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.

The plate contains four designs with a variety of semi-abstract motifs. The first design is made up of a semi-abstract honeycomb pattern with Greek scrolling motifs, colored with bright orange-pink and blue dots over a gray ground with purple semi-abstract motifs. The second design is made up of semi-abstract animal motifs colored with white and ourlined with aquamarine, or colored with light brown and outlined with aquamarine dotted lines, over a purple ground with black lines and small geometric motifs. The third design is made up of semi-abstract bundles, colored with green and outlined with aquamarine, and with black branches, over an abstract pattern made up of small red figures over a light brown ground. The fourth design is made up of undulating garlands colored with gray and with square frames, colored with purple, containing gray circles outlined with pink dots, flanked by purplish-blue thorns, over a purple ground.