Joyful Elderly Couple

Husband and wife sit cheek to cheek on a draped red sofa. He wears a waistcoat over his shirt, one arm round her shoulders and a fist raised at his chest; she answers with a finger lifted in warning, laughing in a dress printed with small roses. A grey shawl and a dark bottle lie on the seat behind him, a blue ball of wool with its needle at the far arm. The skirt sweeps out in one wide fold to the shoes below.