Art Deco butterflies ready to flit right off of the page and into your heart or at least the centerpiece. From Emile-Allain Séguy’s 1925 “Papillons.” Commissioned by American textile manufacturer F. Schumacher.

Plate 17.
Plate 17. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/38/mode/2up
Plate 18.
Plate 18. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/40/mode/2up
Plate 19.
Plate 19. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/42/mode/2up
Plate 20.
Plate 20. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192166#page/44/mode/2up

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