Studio d'Arts Décoratifs..., Pl. 1, Dix Modèles de Mouchoirs d’une grande variété de dessins et de couleurs

First plate of pochoir pattern book, titled "Studio d'arts décoratifs" (2nd copy), 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 book consists of a title page with index and 16 plates numbered 1-16, 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 presents ten models for handkerchiefs, each one with a different design motif, that include a variety of natural-inspired and modern geometric and abstract Art Deco motifs executed with different colors. The design in the center, for example, contains a design motif inspired on the book itself, executed in white and shades of blue, and with the words "Studio d'arts decoratifs / broderies, tissus, impressions... couleurs / Gouaches de N. Sorokine...", and a roundel with a Grecian-inspired figure kneeling and painting a vase, framed by triangular motifs. Other designs in the sheet are composed of stylized, semi-abstract leaves executed with shades of green and dark blue, a semi-abstract floral motif executed with gray, white and green, a geometric pattern with intersecting straight lines executed with light blue and gold over a gray ground, an abstract pattern of overlapping thin triangles colored with turquoise, purple and mustard-yellow over a gray ground, and an abstract landscape with mustard-yellow buildings outlined with red and two figures on horses (?), dressed with blue and red tunics, and playing medieval trumpets.