A tall, pointed witch's hat sits on a crumpled fabric base, placed slightly left of center in a wide, empty parchment-toned field. Soft folds of black fabric catch cream and taupe highlights that describe the crown and brim, and no other props compete with it.

The oil painting uses thick, confident impasto strokes and palette-knife-like ridges in the black and cream passages, over visible woven canvas grain. The edges of the hat feather softly into the background under diffused light, giving the object study a quiet, moody and faintly whimsical air.