Lit dormeuse

The design of this bed is inspired by the traditional “dormeuse”: a lounge bed popular in the 1700s among the wealthy social classes and found in bourgeois and aristocratic drawing rooms.The most famous dormeuse is Canova's in the sculpture of Venus Victrix where Pauline Borghese is lying, precisely, on a dormeuse.A distinctive feature is the inclination of the headboard to allow the torso, shoulders and, if necessary, the head to rest comfortably to continue social activities of relationship. 

The rest of the body, lying down, must be welcomed and collected within the dormeuse.

The current lifestyle recovers such postural attitudes: the bed is also a place to read, discuss, reflect, laze and browse in a free and not fully lying position.

The design of this “lit dormeuse” revolves around these focal points:

- sloping headboard composed of an important soft, cozy pillow capable of supporting the supported torso, and shaped at the point of contact with the mattress to provide the necessary continuity to the bed cushions;

- intimacy and coziness thanks to the side closure of the pillow\testata that does not hinder in any way the access to the side bedside tables;

- “stand alone” use: the bed can also be placed not adhered to a wall like the dormeuses of the 1700s;

- slanted line of the side sides of the bed that accompanies and welcomes those who enter it, accentuating the feeling of intimacy;

- presence of a footboard in which the mattress is recessed. The footboard is curved as well as the headboard and is enhanced by the special shape of the legs;

- construction in two distinct and independent parts: upholstered frame and cushion with upholstered side profiles. It is therefore possible to combine colors and materials (including leather) between the interior and exterior, qualifying the bed's perceptual profile.

In the photos, the Deck coffee table is designed by Paolo Salvadè and produced by Porada.

The lamps on the bedside tables are original designs by Lucio Aquilina Design in Murano glass and brass.