This is a very early example of abstraction in Scottish art. However, as with much early abstract art, the imagery relates to specific objects. The circular form in the foreground probably derives from a table. The two green forms behind it, to left and right, are kitchen chairs with slatted backs; a kitchen chair of the same type can be seen in Peploe's Still Life (about 1913). In the background is a table or stool, overlaid by a vertical abstract design. The drawing may have been created in Paris, where the artist lived from 1910 until 1912.