Start with the warm gold; it'll wake every dark walnut around it. A wide flock of cranes lifts across a gilded background, with bamboo to one side and plum blossom reaching in from above.

Once it's up, the room reads warmer and slower. The gold catches lamps in the evening and pulls everything towards it, so other corners feel quieter by comparison.

It wants width — above a long sofa, a sideboard, or as a dining-room feature. Give it a metre or so of clear wall and don't crowd the edges.

Pair with deep timber, low linen seating, black lacquer or rattan, and stoneware in cream and clay. A chalky off-white or deep ink wall behind makes the gold sing.

Don't fight it with another big statement piece on the same wall — let this one carry the room. Framed in oak or black wood for a clean finish.