Canapé (furniture) Frequently matching chairs were made to go with it. Precious hardwoods such as walnut, cherry, and mahogany were often used in its construction. Currently the term is used in world furniture design and retail as a variation on "sofa", except when antiques or reproductions of 18th century designs are concerned. Canapé (furniture) A canapé is a piece of furniture similar to a couch, and is meant to describe an elegant sofa made out of elaborately carved wood with wooden legs, and upholstered seats, back, and armrests that seats three, that emerged from France in the 18th century. A style created
Valerie Bergere (1904); The Chorus Girl in "The Land of Nod" (1905); "A Bowery Camille" (1906); "The Morning After the Play" (1907); "A Prairie Flower" (1908); "The Lion Tamer" (1908); "The Sultan's Favorite" (1909); "Two Women" (1911); "She Wanted Affection" (1911); "Judgment"(1912); "Boston Baked Beans" (1913); "Room 44" (1914); "Locks at Panama" (1915); and "Little Cherry Blossom" (1916). Over the remainder of her career Bergere would divide her time between vaudeville appearances and character work in cinema and on the legitimate stage. During the season of 1928–29 Bergere was Thao in the Harry Hervey and Carleton A. Hildreth play "Congai" that had