La Psyché — Alfred Stevens Art Postcard

Reclining on a red velvet chaise, a woman in royal-blue silk trimmed with dark fur rests her chin on a gloved hand, her gaze fixed on a small oval portrait across the room. A fur-lined cape lies over the chair behind her; a Japanese folding screen and a lacquered tray painted with swans complete the interior. A playing card lies abandoned on the parquet. Signed “Alfred Stevens” in full.

“La Psyché” plays on a double meaning — the soul, and the French word for a full-length mirror — better suited to someone who likes a title with a second layer than to a plain floral card.