The Reading Woman – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle (Pomegranate)

A woman lies right across a red-and-gold settee with her book held up, in a green satin bodice and a deep plum ruffled skirt, one arm hanging over the little table beside her. Around her: a yellow embroidered cushion, a tall arum lily in a pot, a blue-grey papered wall, a gilt mirror, a folding screen painted with white doves and goldfish, and a patterned rug rucked up on the bare floor with a dropped card lying next to it.

The damask settee and the rug are busy enough to fall together fast; the pale floor and the flat wall behind her are what stretch this out. Finished size 63.5 x 50.8cm.