Confidante

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

A confidante (also known^[1][2] as a canapé à joue, a canapé à confidants, or a canapé à confidant(e)) 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.^[3] The ends were sometimes detachable, and could be removed and used on their own as Burjair chairs.^[4][5] The name Confidante was coined by cabinetmaker George Hepplewhite,^[6] 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, […]".^[7]

References

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

Reference bibliography

• Banham, Joanna; Shrimpton, Leanda, eds (1997). "Sofas and Settees". Encyclopedia of interior design: M–Z.. 2. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781884964190. 
• Burton, Elizabeth (1967). The Georgians at home: 1714–1830. Longmans. 
• Clouston, K. Warren (1975). The Chippendale period in English furniture. EP Publishing. 
• DeJean, Joan E. (2009). The age of comfort: when Paris discovered casual—and the modern home began. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781596914056. 
• Singleton, Esther (1970). The furniture of our forefathers. B. Blom. 
• Yaxley, David (2003). "confidante". A researcher's glossary of words found in historical documents of East Anglia. Larks Press. ISBN 9781904006138. 
• Zoglin, Ron; Shouse, Deborah (1999). Shouse, Deborah. ed. Antiquing for Dummies. For Dummies. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9780764551086. 

Further reading

• Segal, Troy. "canapé à confidante". About.COM Antiques. http://antiques.about.com./od/antiquechairstyles/a/CanapeAConfidante051611.htm. 

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