Studio d'Arts Décoratifs, 4e Série, Pl. 8, Coins. – Poires dans carrés et triangles enlacés. – Fond perdu. – Guirlande. – Poissons voraces. – Pensées lascives. – Lauriers.
Designed by Hennequin-Rêveur French
Published by Armand Guérinet French
Not on view
Eighth plate of the fourth series of pochoir pattern books, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs: Motifs inédits pour toutes Industries d'Art" (Studio of Decorative Arts: Novel Motifs for all Art Industries, with Art Deco textile designs created by Hennequin-Rêveur 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 eight designs with semi-abstract motifs executed in black and white. The first and third designs are made up of intersecting vertical and horizontal groups of three stripes made up of rectangles over a gridded background; the motifs that make up the third design are larger than those in the first. The second design is made up of square frames with bundles of leaves and semi-abstract pearls interlaced by small rings to triangle frames. The fourth design is made up of rows of circular frames with scrolling motifs over a background with diagonal checks, all executed with thin black lines over a gray ground. The fifth design consists of a large garland made up of semi-abstract flowers and leaves executed with several shades of gray and black over a background with rows of dark gray horizontal hatches separated by light gray vertical stripes. The sixth design is made up of a large bundle of stylized pansies executed with different shades of gray and black. The seventh design is made up of semi-abstract fish eating smaller animals, swirls and small semi-abstract flowers, all executed with then dark-gray lines. The final design is made up of interlacing laurel leaves with small buds over a black-and-white checked background, where some of the black checks are filled with white dots.