The stylish way to share your secrets. The Lorette Conversation Bench by Fermob is a modern design inspired by the tete-a-tetes, or courting benches, first made popular in the Victorian era. This generally minimalist bench pays decorative tribute to ornate furnishings of olde with its intricate, perforated floral pattern made of laser-cut steel sheet. The seat is a curvy panel of steel sheet, supported by a tubular steel frame. One side has a slender steel rod arm, an intentionally asymmetrical touch by designer Frederic Sofia.