Canapé à confidante

An indiscret^[1] (also known^[2][3] as a canapé à joue, a canapé à confidants, or a canapé à confidante) 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.^[4] The ends were sometimes detachable, and could be removed and used on their own as Burjair chairs.^[5][6] The name Confidante was coined by cabinetmaker George Hepplewhite,^[7] 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...".^[8]