22 Cobra Sahum

A coiled snake rendered as a piece of household decoration, hood flared and head raised in the pose everyone recognises from a charmer's basket, with the body wound beneath it. The cobra has been decorative shorthand for danger and elegance since Egyptian goldwork, and it still carries that on a shelf: a small ornament that occupies a room more than its footprint suggests. It suits interiors that like a bit of character rather than a magazine-neutral one. A bookshelf, a hallway table, a desk in an office that isn't corporate. The motif has enough presence to hold a shelf on its own, and enough restraint to sit beside books and framed prints without picking a fight with them. Supplied as a multi-part set, so it builds up into a proper display object rather than a single small ornament lost against the wall.