Séguy’s Pink Flowers Cushion

Eugène Alain Séguy, 1890 - 1985, was a French entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1956 -1960. Seguy was active predominantly in Paris between 1900 until the early 30s. From the turn of the 20th century through the 1920s, the Art Deco French designer and author created a wondrous collection of colourful illustrations inspired by the natural world. His work was originally designed for textiles and wallpaper. Bright pink flowers that could, at first, be mistaken for butterflies pop out of a background of orange swirls.