We sometimes get a glimpse of a luxurious chamber of the Burgundian Court from Aliénor of Poitiers, who wrote _Les Honneurs de la Court_. Her testimony is trustworthy, for her mother was maid of honour to the Duchess Isabella, third wife of Philip the Good; and, therefore, she undoubtedly witnessed what she describes. She tells us that the chamber of Isabella of Bourbon, wife of Charles the Bold, Count of Charolais, was very large and contained two beds, separated by a space four or five feet wide. A large _ciel_, or canopy, of green damask covered both beds; and from it hung curtains of satin which moved on rings, and could completely screen the beds when desired. The lambrequin of the canopy and the curtains were fringed with green silk. On each bed was an ermine counterpane, lined with very fine violet cloth. The chronicler expressly notes that the black tails were left on the fur. “_La grande chambre_” from which the “_Chambre de Madame_” was entered, called the “_chambre de parement_,” contained one large bed in crimson satin. The _ciel_ was very richly embroidered with a great gold sun, and “this tapestry was called _la chambre d’Utrecht_, for it is believed that Utrecht gave it to the Duke Philip,” writes Aliénor, who adds: “The curtains of crimson samite are looped up like those of a bed in which nobody sleeps.” The hangings of the wall were of red silk. At one end of the bolster was a great square cushion of gold and crimson, and by the side of the bed a “large shaggy carpet.” In each of these rooms there was a handsome _dressoir_; and our scribe continues: “In the chamber of the Countess de Charolais there was a large _dressoir_ of four beautiful shelves, the whole length of the _dressoir_, each covered with a cloth; the said _dressoir_ and the shelves filled with vessels of crystal garnished with gold and precious stones, and some of fine gold; for all the richest vessels of Duke Philip were there—pots, cups and beakers of fine gold, and other vessels that are never exhibited except on state occasions. Among other vessels there were on the said _dressoir_ three _drageoirs_ of gold and precious stones, one of which is estimated at 14,000 _écus_, and another at 30,000 _écus_. On the back of the dressoir was hung a _dorset_ (_dorsal_) of cloth of gold and crimson, bordered with black velvet, and on the black velvet was delicately embroidered the device of Duke Philip, which was a gun.... “Item, on the _dressoir_ which was in the chamber of the said lady, there were always two silver candlesticks which they called at Court _mestiers_,[1] in which two lights were always burning, for it was fifteen days before the windows of her room were allowed to be opened. Near the _dressoir_ in a corner was a little low table containing the cups and saucers in which something to drink was served to those ladies who came to see Madame, after they had been offered a _dragée_[2]; but the _drageoir_ stood upon the _dressoir_.” Footnote 1: