A blue wall is the backdrop for a still life. On a table covered in blue is a large blue glass vase or bottle, an open book, a basket of pears and plums, a single plum lying in the foreground on the table, and a letter on the right. Only half of the letter is inside the frame. In the upper left corner the lower part of a tree can be seen. This may be a painting or we may be viewing the tree through a window.