Put bluntly, your dining room can carry more deep red than it thinks. This piece works like a tapestry a pale rearing horse set against a near-black ground crowded with peonies, leaves and small buds. It anchors a wall the way a good rug anchors a floor. Hang it where people sit and talk: above the sideboard, on a chimney breast, or at the end of a hallway. Pair it with warm woods, cream or oxblood upholstery, brass fittings and stoneware in earthy tones. Skip anything that competes busy patterned wallpaper, another saturated floral, or a second statement piece on the same wall. Let this one do the heavy lifting. Stretched on a wooden frame with a soft matte finish that suits the tapestry feel.