Cinéraires (Cinerarias), pl. 26

Plate, part of a collection of 30 pochoir pattern plates, originally part of a book titled "Les fleurs et leurs applications décoratives" (Flowers and their decorative applications), created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by A. Calavas, as part of the collection "Librairie des Arts Decoratifs" (Library of Decorative Arts) in 1902. The plate features three ornamental designs inspired on the natural beauty of cinerarias, providing what Séguy considered a successful example of the application of scientific study of flowers in artistic creation, resulting in colorful designs likely intended for textiles or wallpapers. The first design is made up of scrolling branches with stylized leaves of two types, one colored with green, the other with blue, and bundles of stylized cinerarias, colored with white, and stylized flower buds, colored with pastel green, over an orange ground. The second design is made up of thin, interlacing branches with bundles of stylized cinerarias with blue petals and green pistils, and leaves, colored with shades of green, over a light green ground. The third design is made up of thin, undulating branches, colored with dark blue lines, stylized flower buds, colored with dark blue and pastel gree, and semi-abstract leaves, colored with orange, over a red ground.