Insectes, Pl. 20: Abstract Decorative Patterns

Twentieth plate of portfolio with a collection of twenty pochoir pattern plates, titled "Insectes: vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron donnant quatre-vingts insectes et seize compositions décoratives" (Insects: twenty plates with colored phototypes with patterns with eighty insects and sixteen decorative compositions), created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by Tolmer Éditeur, probably in the 1920s. The plate features four abstract ornamental patterns inspired on the natural beauty of insects, providing what Séguy considered a successful example of the application of their scientific study in artistic creation, resulting in colorful designs likely intended for textiles or wallpapers. The first pattern is made up of alternating semi-abstract flies (?) colored with black, yellow, green, and purple, on a brown ground with a web of thin lines that separates the insects. The second design consists of semi-abstract rosettes made up of pairs of open-winged flies (?) colored with black, cream, green, cream, and brown, on an orange ground. The third design is made up of alternating beetles, colored with yellow, black, brown, and white, on dark bluish-green clouds, over a purple ground. The fourth design is made up of open-winged insects, colored with black, brown, dark green, and orange, over a green ground.