The _canapé confident_ consisted of a sofa which had from two to four places, and at each end by the elbows, there was another seat at the corner rounded off. It was supplied with an elbow at the other side. The effect was as if an arm-chair had been placed at each end of the sofa at right angles. It was a very popular piece of furniture. The _chaise longue_ is sometimes composed of two sections; one, a kind of very deep _fauteuil_ with two elbows; the other, a kind of _tabouret_, which also had a small back against which the lounger placed his feet. The example on Plate XXXIII. is of carved wood with cane seat and backs. Another kind, with a “gondola” back, was known as “_duchesse_.” Typical mirrors appear on Plates XXX., XXXIII., and XXXV. The full drawing on Plate XXXV. is the earliest, being an example of late Louis XIV. It is surrounded with an ornate border of carved and gilt wood, showing leaves, branches, stems and an indented fronton, surmounted by shells. It is interesting to compare this mirror with Chippendale’s on Plate XLII., which also has panels of glass. Nos. 1 and 2 on Plate XXXIII. come next in chronological order. These are by the German, Decker, to whom reference has been made on page 199. Both are dated 1700. The lower one has the mascaron, shell and _chute_ of leaves, or husks, for its chief ornaments, while the scroll somewhat timidly, although strongly, asserts itself. This has no sconces. On the one above it the scroll is more assertive. The mascaron surmounts it, and the _chute_ of leaves is much heavier and shorter. The three sconces, two of which only are visible, spring from the shell, but they have not become as yet very branched. The sconces really belong to the whole design in the example No. 1 on Plate XXXV., the chief decorations of which are the mascaron, the shell and the scroll. A still more elaborate specimen, by Pinaud, appears on Plate XXX., No. 2. The curve here is delightfully exhibited, almost as if the presiding genius in the winged helmet had taken a mischievous pleasure in its convolutions. Here we have not only the leafy scroll playfully twined, but the old ear-motive known to the decorators of the Louis XIII. age (see page 5) appears, through which a winged serpent, or dragon, twists,—himself a series of curves. Below the head of Mercury is carved his emblem,—the Caduceus. Another “illuminary” appears on Plate XXXVI., No. 2. No. 3 on Plate XXX. represents the frame of a large toilet mirror by P. Germain. Another finely carved and gilded frame is that of the screen on Plate XXX., which dates from the Regency. It is composed of shells and scrolls, and a monkey sits on the top of each upright. Unfortunately, the feet have been lost, and the screen is supported on ordinary blocks of wood. The covering is of the same period as the frame. It is brocaded silk, with flowers, leaves and peacock feathers.