Floréal: dessins & coloris nouveaux
Designed by Emile-Allain Séguy French
Published by A. Calavas French
Not on view
Album with a collection of twenty pochoir pattern plates, titled "Floréal: Dessins & Coloris Nouveaux" (Floreal: New Designs and Colors), created by Emile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by A. Calavas in 1925 or earlier. The collection contains a title page, half title, and 20 illustrated plates with semi-abstract motifs inspired on flowers, likely meant for textile and wallpaper designs. Executed with bold colors, the semi-abstract designs in this album present an interesting combination of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. The illustrations created by Séguy reveal his unique interest in the study of nature as a source of inspiration for artistic creation. The use of pochoir as a printing technique, popular in France at the turn of the 20th century, was ideal for capturing the vivid colors of nature.
