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Canapé à confidante

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Type of sofa This article is about an item of furniture. For the type of person (in the feminine), see confidant.

An indiscret (also known as a canapé à joue, a canapé à confidants, or a canapé à confidante) is a type of sofa, originally characterized by a triangular seat at each end, so that people could sit at either end of the sofa and be close to the person(s) sitting in the middle. The ends were sometimes detachable, and could be removed and used on their own as Burjair chairs. The name Confidante was coined by cabinetmaker George Hepplewhite, who described it in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide as being "of French origin, and is in pretty general request for large and spacious suits of apartments. An elegant drawing-room, with modern furniture, is scarce complete without a Confidante...".

References

  1. Dictionary of Furniture 2014
  2. DeJean 2009, pp. 123–125.
  3. Banham & Shrimpton 1997, pp. 1194.
  4. Zoglin & Shouse 1999.
  5. Clouston 1975, pp. 161–162.
  6. Burton 1967, pp. 141.
  7. Yaxley 2003, pp. 50.
  8. Singleton 1970, pp. 642.

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See also

  • Loveseat, a piece of furniture combining two seats in the shape of the letter S


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