The two narrow end walls were treated as single panels, the day
bed being placed flat against one of them, while the other was broken by
a door which led to a little ante-chamber. Old gilt appliques holding
candles flanked both mantel mirror and desk mirror. Two of those
graceful chairs of the Louis Seize period and a small footstool
completed the furnishing of this room.
[Illustration: MISS ANNE MORGAN'S LOUIS XVI. BOUDOIR]
The boudoir should always be a small room, because in no other way can
you gain a sense of intimacy. Here you may have all the luxury and
elegance you like, you may stick to white paint and simple chintzes, or
you may indulge your passion for pale-colored silks and lace frills.
Here, of all places, you have a right to express your sense of luxury
and comfort. The boudoir furnishings are borrowed from both bedroom
and drawing-room traditions. There are certain things that are used in
the bedroom that would be ridiculous in the drawing-room, and yet are
quite at home in the boudoir. For instance, the _chaise-longue_ is part
of the bedroom furnishing in most modern houses, and it may also be used
in the boudoir, but in the drawing-room it would be a violation of good
taste, because the suggestion of intimacy is too evident.
Nothing is more comfortable in a boudoir than a day bed.
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