Madame Récamiern.

1913 C. W. Townsend Sand Dunes & Salt Marshes 166 Not infrequently a seal reclines in what might be called a Madame Recamier position,—on the side with head and neck stretching diagonally upwards.

1940 M. Armstrong Trelawny viii. 126 She lay reclined in a Madame Recamier attitude, waving a palm-leaf fan back and forth with an air of extreme languor.

1951 J. Brophy Windfall 204 Clodd, however, in mid-morning, was up, shaved, dressed, and reclining in a Madame Recamier pose on a settee.

2001 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 64 146 Francesco Rosaspina..engraved Laura in a sort of Mme Récamier pose on a sofa.

1923 ‘K. Mansfield’ Dove's Nest 120 So Milly sat down, too, on the Madame Recamier couch, and traced a filet lace flower with her finger.

1936 H. Nicolson Let. 19 Feb. (1966) 244 Draped curtains and Madame Récamier sofas and wall-paintings.

1944 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Puppets i. 9 A Madame Récamier couch and a huge mirror.

1976 M. Henrey Green Leaves 78 At this moment she was seated on the Madame Recamier sofa, and she had asked me for her wicker basket with her Bible and her knitting.

2006 C. V. Yeh Shanghai Love ii. 121 He is horrified to see a drawing of a skeleton embracing an emaciated client reclining on a Madame Recamier chaise longue.