Description
Renoir depicts a young woman reclining in a red armchair, dressed in an elaborate costume: a white headscarf tied close over dark hair, a corseted bodice in coral red and navy, and a long skirt patterned with a bold checked print in blue, orange, and rust. She rests her cheek against her raised hand, one bracelet at her wrist, her legs crossed with a dark slipper dangling from bare toes.
Behind her, a green and gold patterned wall hanging rises against a neutral ochre wall, its geometric motifs echoing the exotic character of her dress. The loose, rapid brushwork and the play of warm and cool color across the fabric are characteristic of Renoir’s early 1880s studio work, when North African costume pieces were popular studio props for figure paintings.
What is offered here is not the original painting but a faithful reproduction: a hand-painted oil version on canvas, recreated stroke by stroke by a professional painter, or an archival canvas print made with fade-resistant pigment inks, available in a range of sizes to suit any wall.



