Illustration of a boudoir, furnished in the style of Louis XVI, by Frederick Litchfield, from Illustrated History of Furniture, From the Earliest to the Present Time (1893). Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre

A boudoir is a lady's private bedroom, sitting room or dressing room. A Lady is a Woman who is the counterpart of a Lord, as opposed to lady, the counterpart of a Gentleman. A bedroom is a large Room where people usually sleep for the night and/or for relaxation during the day The term derives from the French verb bouder, meaning "to pout". French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs.

Historically, the boudoir formed part of the private suite of rooms of a lady, for bathing and dressing, adjacent to her bedchamber, being the female equivalent of the male cabinet. In Music, a suite is an ordered set of Instrumental or Orchestral pieces normally performed in a Concert A cabinet was one of a number of terms for a private room in the Domestic architecture and that of Palaces of Early Modern Europe, serving as In later periods, the boudoir was used as a private drawing room, and was used for other activities, such as embroidery or entertaining intimate acquaintances. A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained Embroidery is the Art or Handicraft of decorating fabric or other Materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or

In Caribbean English a boudoir is the front room of the house where women entertain family and friends.

Latterly, the term boudoir has come to denote a style of furnishing the bedroom that is traditionally described as ornate or busy. The plethora of links available on the internet to furnishing sites using the term boudoir tend to focus on Renaissance and French inspired bedroom styles. They have, in recent times also been used to describe the 'country cottage' style with whitewashed styled walls large heavy bed furniture and deep bedding.

In photography

Boudoir is also used in photography as a term to describe a revealing style of photography. Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Implied nudity is common, as is the subject showing part of their undergarments while still dressed. Glamour photography is the photographing of a model with the emphasis on the subject The is now a very clear blurring of the lines between soft porn and boudoir images, where it is more than just the undergarments peeking out.