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i Vigna · Milan
Journal
Notes from our workshop: beds, fabrics, upholstery and the craft of dressing a home.
Beds and mattresses · 4 min read
Luxury beds compared: four ideas of rest.
Hand-sewn springs, gel, steel mesh, couture: the real differences between Hypnos, Technogel, Auping and Tréca, and how to try them properly.
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Contract · 3 min read
Fire-retardant hotel mattresses: what the regulations require.
Class 1 IM, homologation, declaration of conformity: what a hotel really needs, and why fire-retardant need not mean uncomfortable.
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Yachting · 2 min read
Boat mattresses: how one is designed to measure.
From the template taken on board to materials that stand up to damp and salt air: what it takes to sleep in your cabin as you do at home.
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Restoration · 2 min read
Silk and damask restoration: conserve wherever possible.
How an antique textile is assessed, when it is consolidated and when it is remade as it was: the most delicate work in our workshop.
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Upholstery · 3 min read
Reupholstering a sofa: when it is worth it, and how it is done.
When it makes sense to keep a sofa and give it a new skin, how to choose the fabric, and what really happens in the upholsterer's workshop.
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Fabrics and curtains · 3 min read
Made-to-measure curtains for period homes.
High ceilings, plasterwork, narrow windows: how to design a curtain that lifts a room instead of weighing it down.
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