By late afternoon, the peacock stops looking decorative and starts working. The navy body pulls in the darker things in the room a deep sofa, black metal legs, an inky cushion and the coral flowers lift a wall that had gone flat. Hang it above a sideboard, a hallway console or a sofa where you already have a bit of warm wood and one deep colour to answer it. Linen, rattan, terracotta and brass all sit well underneath. Skip busy wallpaper behind it and skip a second patterned piece on the same wall this one is already doing the pattern. As a canvas it reads like a painting on the wall, with no glazing to catch the light.