Start with the deep red; it’ll wake every brass fitting and warm timber around it. This is a 19th-century Chinese fan pattern from Owen Jones, packed with florals on a cream ground.

Put it on the wall and a quiet room stops being polite. The reds pull forward, the greens steady them, and the cream stops the whole thing from feeling heavy.

It’s a strong piece for a hallway, a study, or above a sideboard in a dining room. Give it room to breathe a clear stretch of wall, not a busy corner.

Pair it with deeper colours: a dark green wall, a black-painted door, lacquered furniture, velvet, or worn leather. Brass, rattan and old timber all sit well with it.

Don’t fight it with another busy pattern next door let this one do the talking. Printed as canvas wall art, stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang.