Motherhood on a Cushion

The woman sits upright on a large cushion with tassels at its corners, her feet drawn under her. A child in a white shirt is set on her knee and reaches both hands towards her shoulder while she supports his back. The ochre-gold gown falls in long folds to the cushion's edge, a rose-mauve cloth laid across her lap. Grey wheat sprigs are painted on the cushion, which repeats the outline of the base.