An extreme example of the rococo decoration of a bed is shown on Plate XXXIV. This is by J. J. Schübler, who died in Nuremberg in 1741. Schübler, an architect, painter, sculptor and mathematician, was also one of the most famous masters of decorative design of his day. His original drawings include French beds, cabinets, alcoves, grates, mantel-pieces, writing-tables, toilette-tables, clock-cases, commodes, _chaises longues_, dining-room tables, candlestands, _dressoirs_, lustres, _étagères_, consoles, jewel-cases, buffets, fountains, garden-ornaments and grottoes. His collection of 150 plates passed through twenty editions. His works often resemble those of Paul Decker, another celebrated German master, who died in Nuremberg in 1713; and, just as Decker is a German exponent of the late Louis XIV. emerging from the influence of Bérain and Lepautre into the style of the Regency, so Schübler exhibits the transitional stage between the Regency and Louis XV. as filtered through a German mind. Two of Decker’s designs are shown on Plate XXXIII., Nos. 1 and 2. A bed of the late Louis XV. period also appears on Plate XXXIV., No. 2, showing the correct arrangement of the canopy and draperies above the sofa. Window-curtains were of great importance. They hung from a cornice which was carved, more or less ornately, in curves, scrolls and other characteristic motives. Occasionally the curtains were of muslin or gauze, but more frequently of silk, damask, brocatelle or “Persian.” They were of a solid hue, or a mixture of two or three colours. The designs of these rich materials were much smaller in pattern, as a rule, than those of the preceding reign and they were far gayer in colour, for all the crimson, _gros bleu_, _gros vert_ and other dark shades gave place to the light hues of rose, pale green, pale blue, jonquil, yellow, etc. The shapes and folds into which the curtains were cut and draped were spirited, fantastic, and even coquettish, in order to harmonize with the general character of the decorations and furniture, and it required the greatest skill on the part of the decorators to loop and tie them into the correct knots, shells, “_choux_,” “_volants_,” etc., to give them the proper effect and light, half frivolous air. The lambrequin, which was extremely popular, differed from that in use in the reign of Louis XIV. It was less severe and straight, being cut more freely in order to accord with the cornice that surmounted it. Instead of the rounded scallop, it often terminated in points, to each of which a tassel was hung. Braids took the place of lace in trimming, and the favourite fringe consisted of twisted strands of mixed colours. The ravelled-out fringe, long so popular, at last disappeared. An example of the pointed drapery is shown in the Schübler bed on Plate XXXIV.