Her was inspired by the boat in the "Grotto of Venus" scene from the opera "Tannhauser". On its bow, there are two boiseries with images from Boucher's "Cupid's Target". The bed was bought at auction in Marseilles by Metro Pictures. It was used in the 1922 film "Trifling Women", starring Barbara La Marr. Later, it came into the possession of the Universal Studios prop department, and it was used in the 1925 film "The Phantom of the Opera". In 1934, it was used as Lily Garland's bed in "Twentieth Century" and in 1950, it was in "Sunset Boulevard" as the bed of Norma Desmond. In 1964, it appeared in a dream sequence in the film "Good Neighbor Sam".