Lis (Lily), pl. 21

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 four ornamental designs inspired on the natural beauty of lilies, 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 alternating vertical branches with leaves, colored with dark reddish-brown, and three stylized lilies, colored with pastel shades of brown, the pistils with pastel green and the anthers with dark blue, and smaller branches with bundles of leaves, colored with a pastel shade of orange, over a reddish-brown ground. The second design is made up of a large, semi-abstract lily, colored with light green and outlined with dark blue, flanked by strips of C-curves, colored with dark blue and pastel green. The third design is made up of an undulating garland with semi-abstract lilies, outlined with green and colored with orange, the pistils and stamens colored with blue and pastel green, and semi-abstract leaves, outlined with red and colored with orange, over a light brown ground. The fourth design is made up of thin, interlacing branches, outlined with dark blue and colored with pastel green, with bundles of stylized lilies, outlined with blue and colored with shades of green, and thin, long leaves, colored with dark green and outlined with olive green, over a dark green ground.