Dragonfly brooch

Eugene Alain Seguy was one of the foremost French designers at the beginning of the 20th century. Working in both the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles, he published many design folios utilizing the pochoir technique, a printing process that employs a series of stencils to lay dense and vivid color.

From the Brooklyn Museum Library Collection, Seguy's Insects (1928), this is an adaptation of Palpares imperator, a Madagascar dragonfly design.

Enameled 24k gold plate over pewter. Measures approximately 3” x 1.9”.

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