Bonnard, like Vuillard, was a Nabi painter who depicted intimate domestic interiors with flattened forms and richly patterned surfaces. His scenes of everyday bourgeois life share the same quiet introspective mood and close observation of ordinary household moments.

Vallotton painted spare, psychologically charged domestic interiors featuring solitary figures engaged in mundane tasks, using strong contrasts of light and shadow much as Vuillard does in this ironing scene. His compressed, flattened compositions and muted palettes create a similarly enclosed and contemplative atmosphere.

John painted solitary women in austere interior settings with subdued tonal palettes and a deeply intimate quality that closely echoes the quiet interiority of this Vuillard piece. Her restrained brushwork and focus on the psychological stillness of a single figure in modest surroundings mirrors the mood of Woman Ironing.