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.
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.
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.