Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 2e Série, Pl. 3, Quatre Dessins, Etoiles et Fleurs, Fonds et Bordures

Third plate of the second series of the pochoir textile pattern book, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs", with Art Deco textile designs created by Nicolas Sorokine 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 four designs for borders and backgrounds with stars and floral motifs. The first design is made up of bundles of rosettes and other star-shaped stylized flowers, executed with red, yellow, and shades of orange and green, and green leaves, over an orange background with small abstract blue shapes that form triangles. The second design is made up of three rows with different motifs executed with gray and blue over a light gray ground: the first row consists of semi-abstract branches with leaves topped with a lozenge shape; the second row ys made up of star motifs and intersecting lines and semi-abstract stripes; the third row is made up of overlapping irregular circles flanked by rectangles to form rays around them. The third design is made up of rows of semi-abstract star or asterisk motifs executed alternatingly with turquoise, dark purplish-blue and tan over a light gray ground. The final design is made up of rows of semi-abstract tiled patterns that contain strips of small rectangles and round and lozenge-shaped frames created with the same motifs, and small semi-abstract rosettes with leaves, all of them executed with yellow, green and brown.