Paris, Librairie des Arts décoratifs A. Calavas, 1902. Folio (41.5 x 30.0 cm - visible part), framed (67.5 x 47.5 cm). Pochoir print finished by hand. In passepartout and wooden frame.

A fine Art Nouveau or Jugendstil plate, showing "Orchidées", or large-flower orchids, drawn and engraved by the French Art Deco painter and entomologist Émile Allain Séguy (1877-1951). The complete work consists of two types of plates: illustrations of plants and flowers, and illustrations of their application in decorative art. This work is very rare and even single plates are rarely seen. Some light, even age-toning, otherwise very good. Schneider-Henn, Ornament und Dekoration, 273 and p. 48.