At the same time this picture is similar in composition to several still lifes undoubtedly executed towards the end of Rousseau's life, and in particular to Vallier No.239, now in the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, which is probably the picture mentioned in a letter of 22 June 1910 to Jastrebzoff, a former owner, as just completed, and to Vallier Nos.257A and 257B, both of which are dated 1910. Dora Vallier considers that these other three paintings, which are all slightly smaller, are later variants of the Tate's composition, with different arrangements of flowers and certain other modifications. Nos.257A and B are both more hastily executed and less finished. The Barnes Foundation picture, No.239, is almost as detailed as the Tate's but is more freely executed, with a more spatial and complex arrangement of flowers. The vase is roughly the same colour as the one in this picture, and the table top and front are dark bright red, but the background is light green instead of pinkish red.