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
Georges Paul François Laurent Laugée medal, this time a silver medal. Images of Laugée's works began to appear in various publications, including "Famous Paintings of the World" (1894), which was an early type of introductory art history text. The authors selected Laugée's painting "Bergere et Mouton" ("Shepherdess and Lamb", see illustration in gallery below), a "charming picture" of a shepherdess feeding her favorite lamb. "It is a simple story the artist has chosen to tell; but he has set it in a scene of tender and idyllic beauty, thoroughly appropriate to the gentle theme of affection he has selected for the central thought." The theme