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 Albert Marshman Palmer from the original 1874 French play "Les Deux Orphalines" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon; Mrs. Rawlston, in James L. Ford’s "Jim the Penman"; Suzanne, in "The Masked Ball"; adapted by Clyde Fitch from the original French by Alexandre Bisson and Fabrice Carré; Miriam, in "The Butterflies"; and the title role in an adaptation of "Carmen". Bergere closed out the decade as a leading lady with the Dearborn Stock Company in Chicago. At New York's Grand Opera House on November 26, 1900, Bergere played Cora, the hosiery model, in David Belasco's comedy "Naughty Anthony", and the tragic