Ivory Gull by Audubon Canvas Print

Back in 1835, this bird study belonged to another kind of home country libraries, wood-panelled studies, drawing rooms with deep window seats. It still carries that quiet, considered feel. Bring it into a calm room and the soft whites and warm browns settle the space, while the slate-blue sky adds just enough depth to keep things interesting. Hang it at eye level above a console, a writing desk or a low sideboard, where the long landscape shape can breathe. It sits beautifully next to linen upholstery, oak or walnut timber, aged leather and stoneware in cream and clay. Avoid hanging it against a busy patterned wallpaper or alongside loud modern graphics the detail wants room to be read.