Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 2e Série, Pl. 4, Deux Dessins, genre Natte
Fourth 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 two designs of the "mat genre". The first design is made up of a grid of red horizontal lines decorated with green checks and horizontal lines and squares created with white horizontal lines and white vertical lines with small red checks over a cream ground; the spaces between the lines that compose the grid are filled with horizontal rectangles rendered with shades of green, using different techniques: small squares, horizontal strokes and vertical alternating thin triangles. The second design consists of pairs of vertical intermittent lines rendered with orange and yellow and squares of different types over an aquamarine ground; some of the squares are made with horizontal lines of a lighter shade of aquamarine and contain either orange spirals or green rectangles, and others are made up of vertical lines executed with yellow and orange, in some cases linked by thin horizontal strokes.
This plate consists of two designs of the "mat genre". The first design is made up of a grid of red horizontal lines decorated with green checks and horizontal lines and squares created with white horizontal lines and white vertical lines with small red checks over a cream ground; the spaces between the lines that compose the grid are filled with horizontal rectangles rendered with shades of green, using different techniques: small squares, horizontal strokes and vertical alternating thin triangles. The second design consists of pairs of vertical intermittent lines rendered with orange and yellow and squares of different types over an aquamarine ground; some of the squares are made with horizontal lines of a lighter shade of aquamarine and contain either orange spirals or green rectangles, and others are made up of vertical lines executed with yellow and orange, in some cases linked by thin horizontal strokes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 2e Série, Pl. 4, Deux Dessins, genre Natte
- Designer: Designed by Nicolas Sorokine
- Publisher: Published by Armand Guérinet (French, active ca. 1890–1920)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [ca. 1930]
- Medium: Pochoir, commercial photo process, hand-colored
- Dimensions: Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 5/8 in. (40.1 × 29.6 cm)
Album: 16 1/8 × 12 1/2 × 7/8 in. (40.9 × 31.8 × 2.3 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925 and 1931, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.33(2.4)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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