What it adds isn’t clutter. It’s hard-edged, grid-like tension in the right places. Rows of worn wooden letters and numbers, stacked tight, in faded grey, charcoal and the odd soft pink block.

A quiet office or study gains a bit of character without going loud. The repetition reads as pattern from a distance and resolves into actual letters up close, which gives the eye somewhere to go.

Hangs well above a desk, a low bookshelf, or in a hallway where you want something with weight but not colour. Portrait shape suits narrow walls between doors or shelving.

Pairs with oak, walnut, leather, linen and brass. Sits comfortably against off-white, putty or warm grey walls.

Don’t crowd it with other busy patterns or bright colour pieces it works best as the texture in the room. Stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang.