A _lit à chassis_ (canopy bed) was draped entirely in a green and white striped material. It was composed of a canopy, four small and three large valances, two lower valances, a headboard and a counterpane. The frame was 9 feet, 8 inches high, and 4 feet wide. Another _lit en chassis en l’air_ had its four small valances, headboard, counterpane, two large curtains and two _bonnes grâces_ of green serge and its three large valances and three lower valances of green and white stripes. The _lit de repos_, a kind of _chaise longue_ or couch, made for lounging upon and of which examples have already been given on Plates VIII., XIII., XVIII. and XX., becomes in this reign even of greater importance. Sometimes two of them occur in a bedroom or boudoir. One of these is represented in the niche or alcove on Plate XXIX. A suggestion for a beautiful alcove bed may be taken from one dating from 1732. This was equipped with a mattress, two bolsters and two square pillows, and had three backs, all covered and draped with white satin embroidered in poppies of natural hues, and ornamented with a braid of silk embroidery. The feet of the bed were in the form of consoles, carved and varnished. The room in which this was placed, also contained a _fauteuil_ of beech, carved, upon the cane back and seat of which was a cushion covered with the poppy-embroidered satin. Two similar cushions furnished a chair of acacia and fine straw, and the same material was used to cover two _banquettes_ or forms, of beech, carved and varnished, and having hinds’ feet. The first alcove beds were called _lits en niche_, and they were always _lits de boudoir_ rather than beds for the sleeping room. In many old designs, curtains are lacking and the bed is adorned merely with a lambrequin, or a drapery across the façade of the niche or alcove, this drapery being similar to the covering of the bed itself, which is sometimes in the form of a _lit de repos_ or a sofa. Some alcoves under the reign of Louis XV. contained a bed _vu de pied_ that stood very low and whose feet projected into the room. One of this kind was in the Hôtel de Soubise; and the model may be seen in many old designs.