The _lit à la polonaise_ had four columns and a canopy. Sometimes the canopy was decorated with a little graceful carving. A “_pomme_” or a bunch of feathers, ornamented the centre and each corner of the canopy. Houdon, the sculptor, had a _lit à la polonaise_ draped in yellow Indian damask trimmed with braid, the woodwork of which was carved and painted white. One of these beds, with a carved and gilt frame hung with crimson damask, was sold for 3,000 livres in 1770; another, for 2,500 livres in 1777; and a third for 1,100 livres in 1782. Sometimes the frames were made entirely of iron and draped. The _lit de duchesse_ was also popular. In 1743, when the Queen’s bedroom was refurnished for Marie Leczinska, a _lit de duchesse_ was provided. The Duc de Luynes says: “This bed is of white silk, embroidered and painted. The bed is not composed of four posts, as all the Queen’s beds have been up to the present. It is what is called _à la duchesse_.” [Illustration: PLATE XXXV] Another favourite was the _lit en ottamane_ which dates from about 1765. One is described as a “_lit en ottomane_” of 5 feet, the dome and the rest of the woodwork carved and gilt and the counterpane, the curtains and the interior of cherry-coloured Indian damask. Another, in 1770, was of “blue and white _moiré_, 3½ feet wide, _en ottomane_, the wood carved and picked out with blue.” The _lit en ottomane_ was a variety of the _lit de repos_. The _lit à romaine_, which became popular about 1760, had a canopy and four festooned curtains. The _lit à tulipe_ was similar to the _lit à arc_, or _lit à flèche_; only, instead of an ornamental arrow fixed to its pavilion, its decoration was a bronze, copper or gilded tulip from the hanging bell of which the curtains seemed to fall. The _lit à la Turque_, in fashion from 1755 to 1780, was a sort of sofa with three backs; a variation was introduced about 1766. The _lit à tombeau_ (see Plate XXXVI., No. 8) was also a favourite. The two posts at its foot were shorter than the two at the head, and the canopy had in consequence a somewhat sharp slant. It much resembles what in England was called a “single-headed couch or field bed.” The _lit à double tombeau_ had posts of equal height and the curtains fell down the sides in equal slants. We also find among the beds of the day (1751) a _lit en baldaquin_ of crimson damask, composed of a little canopy, two small and one large valances, a large headboard, counterpane, two backs and two hooks. It was 3½ feet wide and 6 feet long, and was equipped with two wool mattresses, a feather bed and two feather bolsters. Another _lit en baldaquin_ had its canopy, two small and one large valances and headboard hung in green and white stripes while the two large curtains (5 lengths each, 7½ feet long) were of green serge.