There may be no better way to attest to the time, skill and sheer passion that goes into making a Savoir bed than speaking with the artisans who make them.

So says TJ Brown, a master mattress maker for Savoir. Craftsmen such as TJ can spend up to 120 hours completing each bed, from the box spring to the mattress, topper and Trellis ticking, a trademark print created by Lady D’Oyly Carte more than a century ago. Each bed is made with impeccably sourced materials, from yak and lamb’s wool to cashmere, cotton and hand-teased horsetail hair. The latter remains at the heart of each bed: the finest of upholstery hair, each strand contains many curls that act as bouncy, long-lasting micro-springs.

“Because of the way we do things, it’s very easy for us to do bespoke,” adds Alistair Hughes, managing director of Savoir Beds in London.

A Savoir bed really is no ordinary bed. Every stage in the process, from conception to that first night of blissful sleep, is painstakingly thought out in quite astonishing detail that stays faithful to its proud history, which dates back to the late 19th century, when the company began to make beds for the then newly opened Savoy Hotel.

Next to its own in-house creations, each year Savoir also works with internationally recognised designers, among other contributors, to create bespoke beds; one is artist Arik Levy, who invented the Shift bed, with its customisable stacked headboard including horizontal segments.

Another is South Korean designer Teo Yang, who was inspired by the cultures of his homeland to create the Moon 01 bed, featuring a hand-upholstered headboard with a full moon at the centre and two smaller ones on the side, indicating the moon’s movement and respectively representing joy, inspiration, and creativity.

Felix – Savoir No. 4 with Jan van de Cappelle's masterpiece A Shipping Scene with a Dutch Yacht firing a Salute (1650). Part of the Savoir Beds National Gallery Collection © The National Gallery, London

A Savoir bed can be customised to any shape or design. All the work is created in its London or Cardiff workshops, where Savoir artisans craft the mattresses, box springs and toppers, and, in London, CNC laser-cutting machines shape the headboards.

Each element is finished with hand tufting, which ensures that loose hair stays in place.

Fusing quality, craftsmanship, heritage, and no small amount of magic, a Savoir bed is a lifetime passport to superior sleep.

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