"Kaléidoscope: Ornements Abstraits"; Plate 19, Five Abstract Design Motifs
This book, titled "Kaléidoscope: Ornements Abstraits" (Kaleidoscope: Abstract Ornaments), is bound on dark blue linen boards and contains a title page and 20 plates (numbered 1-20) presenting a total of 87 designs for textiles, in the style of Art Deco. Having its peak during the "Roaring Twenties" (second half of the 1920s) and the Depression years of the 1930s, the eclecticism of Art Deco was permeated by both traditional European design traditions and contemporary avant-garde. The designs presented in this book contain colorful, abstract motifs, which evoke, with their fragmented vocabulary, the dynamism of modern culture that was common of Art Deco.
This plate presents five designs for textiles with abstract motifs. The first one consists of alternating abstract diagonal stripes created with overlapping circles, triangles, fragments of circles and rectangles, and vertical and horizontal stripes, colored with yellow, dark blue, and at least two shades of gray and three shades of green. The second design is made up of overlapping fragments of circles and rectangles, triangles and small squares, colored with dark blue, brown, red, and at least two shades of gray, two shades of orange, and three shades of pink. The third design is made up of overlapping ovals and fragments of scales, triangles and rectangles, colored with several shades of purple, silver and dark blue. The fourth design is made up of fragments of circles and rectangles, ovals, and scrolling motifs, colored with dark blue, brown, yellow, aquamarine, gran and dark green. The last design in the group is made up of fragments overlapping scales and fragments of triangles and rectangles, as well as fragmented diagonal stripes, colored with purple, blue, and three shades of gray.
This plate presents five designs for textiles with abstract motifs. The first one consists of alternating abstract diagonal stripes created with overlapping circles, triangles, fragments of circles and rectangles, and vertical and horizontal stripes, colored with yellow, dark blue, and at least two shades of gray and three shades of green. The second design is made up of overlapping fragments of circles and rectangles, triangles and small squares, colored with dark blue, brown, red, and at least two shades of gray, two shades of orange, and three shades of pink. The third design is made up of overlapping ovals and fragments of scales, triangles and rectangles, colored with several shades of purple, silver and dark blue. The fourth design is made up of fragments of circles and rectangles, ovals, and scrolling motifs, colored with dark blue, brown, yellow, aquamarine, gran and dark green. The last design in the group is made up of fragments overlapping scales and fragments of triangles and rectangles, as well as fragmented diagonal stripes, colored with purple, blue, and three shades of gray.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Kaléidoscope: Ornements Abstraits"; Plate 19, Five Abstract Design Motifs
- Designer: Designed by Maurice-Pillard Verneuil (French, 1869–1942)
- Designer: Ad. Verneuil (French)
- Artist: Pochoirs executed by Jean Saudé (French)
- Publisher: Published by Editions Albert Lévy
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1926
- Medium: Pochoir
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 3/16 × 12 15/16 in. (43.6 × 32.9 cm)
Book: 17 7/16 in. × 14 in. × 13/16 in. (44.3 × 35.6 × 2 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1991.1073.43(19)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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