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{{about|an item of furniture|the type of person (in the feminine)|confidant}}A confidante (also known{{sfn|DeJean|2009|pp=123–125}}{{sfn|Banham|Shrimpton|1997|pp=1194}} as a canapé à joue, a canapé à confidants, or a canapé à confidant(e)) is a type of sofa, originally characterized by a triangular seat at each end, so that people could sit at either end of the sofa and be close to the person(s) sitting in the middle.{{sfn|Zoglin|Shouse|1999}} The ends were sometimes detachable, and could be removed and used on their own as Burjair chairs.{{sfn|Clouston|1975|pp=161–162}}{{sfn|Burton|1967|pp=141}} The name Confidante was coined by cabinetmaker George Hepplewhite,{{sfn|Yaxley|2003|pp=50}} who described it in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide as being "of French origin, and is in pretty general request for large and spacious suits of apartments. An elegant drawing-room, with modern furniture, is scarce complete without a Confidante, […]".{{sfn|Singleton|1970|pp=642}} References Reference bibliography {{refbegin}}- {{cite encyclopaedia|ref=harv|article=Sofas and Settees|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of interior design: M–Z.|volume=2|editor1-first=Joanna|editor1-last=Banham|editor2-first=Leanda|editor2-last=Shrimpton|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn|year=1997|isbn=978-1-884964-19-0}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|title=The Georgians at home: 1714–1830|first=Elizabeth|last=Burton|publisher=Longmans|year=1967}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|title=The Chippendale period in English furniture|first=K. Warren|last=Clouston|publisher=EP Publishing|year=1975}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|title=The age of comfort: when Paris discovered casual—and the modern home began|first=Joan E.|last=DeJean|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|year=2009|isbn=978-1-59691-405-6}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|title=The furniture of our forefathers|first=Esther|last=Singleton|others=Illustrated by Russell Sturgis|publisher=B. Blom|year=1970}}
- {{cite encyclopaedia|ref=harv|article=confidante|encyclopedia=A researcher's glossary of words found in historical documents of East Anglia|first=David|last=Yaxley|publisher=Larks Press|year=2003|isbn=978-1-904006-13-8}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|title=Antiquing for Dummies|series=For Dummies|first1=Ron|last1=Zoglin|first2=Deborah|last2=Shouse|editor1-first=Deborah|editor1-last=Shouse|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|year=1999|isbn=978-0-7645-5108-6}}
{{refend}} Further reading {{Commonscat|Indiscrets}}- {{cite web|ref=harv|url=http://antiques.about.com./od/antiquechairstyles/a/CanapeAConfidante051611.htm|title=canapé à confidante|first=Troy|last=Segal|work=About.COM Antiques}}
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