Ombelles (Umbels), pl. 24

Plate, part of a collection of 30 pochoir pattern plates, originally part of a book titled "Les fleurs et leurs applications décoratives" (Flowers and their decorative applications), created by Émile-Allain Séguy and published in Paris by A. Calavas, as part of the collection "Librairie des Arts Decoratifs" (Library of Decorative Arts) in 1902. The plate features three ornamental designs inspired on the natural beauty of umbels, providing what Séguy considered a successful example of the application of scientific study of flowers in artistic creation, resulting in colorful designs likely intended for textiles or wallpapers. The first design is made up of a bundle with stylized leaves, colored with dark green, and bundles of semi-abstract umbels, colored with two shades of pastel green, enclosed by a thin square, outlined with dark green, over a green ground. The second design is made up of thin, interlacing branches, alternatingly colored with red and with bundles of semi-abstract leaves, and colored with white and with bundles of semi-abstract umbels colored with blue and orange, over a green ground. The third design is made up of thin, interlacing branches, colored with blue and outlined with golden brown, with bundles of semi-abstract pink flowers, and stylized leaves, colored with red and dark blue, over a light brown ground.