On a warm afternoon, the gold looks almost illegally fresh. That is what this piece does to a room: it holds light long after the sun has moved on, so a plain wall stops feeling like a gap. The blue on the bird gives the warmth something to push against, which keeps the whole thing from turning sugary. Hang it above a low sideboard, a bedhead or in a hallway where you pass it slowly. Around it, keep things simple: pale wood, linen, stoneware, one plant with real leaf shape. What not to do is crowd it with busy pattern or other strong colour wallpaper, bold rugs and loud cushions all fight the open lower half of the painting, which is the part doing the quiet work. As a canvas the woven surface echoes the painted silk of the original.