For a dining room full of curves, this peacock study brings the check. The warm gold background does the heavy lifting: it lifts a dull wall, adds a layer of age to a newer room, and pulls the whole scheme a shade warmer without needing another cushion. Hang it above a sideboard or console, or on the long wall of a dining room where people sit and look at it. It sits well with dark wood, cane, aged leather and stoneware, and it is happiest against chalky cream, oat or deep green walls. Do not crowd it with busy pattern or bright modern graphics either side. One quiet neighbour at most. On paper the fine ink lines and blossom edges stay soft and matt.