At the Milliner’s

What you see

A woman in a brown dress, with a white lace collar and braided blond hair, sits sideways on a sofa. In her gloved hands she holds a straw hat trimmed with blue ribbons and leans in so close that her face is almost hidden. A pale curtain hangs on the left and a green plant stands on the right. She and the hat fill almost the entire picture.

The color is soft and powdery, with hatched strokes visible in the dress and the background. The brown of the dress sits among yellows, oranges and the blue of the ribbons. Notice the long cream-colored gloves with lace cuffs, and the sofa cushion patterned with colorful diamonds.