Rooms go quieter when deep red is this sure of itself. The Snail is Matisse’s late cut-paper masterpiece bright blocks of green, purple, orange and blue spiralling inside a confident red border, with his name set in plain type below.

Put this on a wall and the room finds a centre. Other colours in the space stop competing and start supporting it. Quiet sofas, plain rugs and pale walls suddenly look intentional instead of bare.

It hangs best as a soloist, centred above a sofa, sideboard or bed at eye level. Give it a bit of breathing room on either side this print doesn’t need company to do its job.

Pairs naturally with oak or walnut timber, cream plaster walls, linen upholstery and a single ceramic vase. Brass or matte black hardware both work.

Don’t crowd it with other bold prints or busy wallpaper one strong voice per wall.