They discuss their fears and anxieties, their likes and dislikes with one aim: to be empty like those cane chairs, free of the clamour of conflicting thoughts.
Potter added her personal furnishings to the illustrations: her flowered washbasin, the cane chair where the kittens sit to be scrubbed, her hall clock and wall mirror.
The salon is designed to resemble an art collector's residence, with cane chairs, bright banquettes and a manor-like library with a wall of book shelving.