Note 12 — LOUIS XIV. PERIOD

“A cantonnière is a piece of material almost always of Gobelin or Aubusson tapestry, which, hanging flat in the manner of a lambrequin, has two hangings or tails falling down the sides and forming a kind of frame for the curtains beneath. Sometimes these two hangings are held back by hooks which give the effect of curtains; cantonnières for the decoration of beds are also made. The richness, the delicacy and the good design of tapestry can give much value to this kind of decoration. The narrow curtains of less fullness that are called bonnes grâces are an imitation of the cantonnières, an imitation that is demanded by economy rather than the principles of decoration.” Deville, Dictionnaire du Tapissier, Paris, 1878–1880.