Gold Leaf Peacock Canvas Print

There's a reason painters kept returning to the peacock; rooms still respond. Put this on the wall and a warm, quiet room gets a centre of gravity — the sandy plaster background melts into cream and beige walls while the deep blue and teal bird does all the talking. Hang it above a sofa, a sideboard or a dining table, at a width that lets the long tail stretch out. It sits happily with velvet, aged leather, brass or gold fittings and dark timber. Don't crowd it with lots of small busy frames on the same wall, and don't fight it with a strong patterned wallpaper — it needs a calm surface to lean against. As a canvas the cracked plaster texture reads as a real painted surface from across the room.