Mattress Collection

Princess and the Pea
I have scarcely closed my eyes all night, complains the princess, proving that she is a REAL princess, so sensitive that single a pea beneath her mattress keeps her awake

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo
PWI105675 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) (marble) by Roman

The Movings, 1822. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
The Movings, 1822

"I Have Hardly Closed My Eyes The Whole Night! Heaven Knows What Was In The Bed
" I Have Hardly Closed My Eyes The Whole Night! Heaven Knows What Was In The Bed. I Seemed To Be Lying Upon Some Hard Thing, And My Whole Body Is Black And Blue This Morning

Noh actor(s) Woodblock print
(Artist) Tsukioka Kogyo; Japan; ; Woodblock print; H x W (sheet and image): 37.8 x 25.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in); Gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.

Delusions of grandeur, front cover illustration from 'Le Pele-Mele', 27th March 1904 (colour litho)
REV382696 Delusions of grandeur, front cover illustration from 'Le Pele-Mele', 27th March 1904 (colour litho) by Kern

Mattock, Mattress, Maul-stick, Meadow, Medal, Melon, Mermaid, Meter, Mile-post, Milk-can, Milkmaid
8650060 Mattock, Mattress, Maul-stick, Meadow, Medal, Melon, Mermaid, Meter, Mile-post, Milk-can, Milkmaid, Mill-dam (engraving) by German School

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Military life of the 6th regiment: 2 soldiers discuss in a room, 1904
LUX4815710 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Military life of the 6th regiment: 2 soldiers discuss in a room, 1904; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France: Two soldiers train in trumpet barracks, 1904
LUX4815729 France: Two soldiers train in trumpet barracks, 1904; (add.info.: France: Two soldiers train in trumpet barracks, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Poilus making mattresses, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Poilus making mattresses, between c1915 and c1918. French soldiers making mattresses during World War I.

Unlimited Transportation
Goran Jovic

Nudity with man and woman; Intercourse scene, 1572-1602. Creator: Agostino Carracci
Nudity with man and woman; Intercourse scene, 1572-1602

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858. A craft, attracting attention by its singular appearance

Ruins of the Church and the House of General Chassé, 1832, (1833). Creator: Auguste Raffet
Ruins of the Church and the House of General Chasse, 1832, (1833). On the right in the foreground a group of soldiers carrying mattresses

Barrel furniture, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Barrel furniture, 1904

Mattress-making, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mattress-making, 1904

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro... c. 1794)
Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)", Japan, c. 1794

Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro... c. 1794)
Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)", Japan, c. 1794

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery

Cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton camp near Exeter, California. The woman is a native of California

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. Northern Florida

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, North Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. North Florida

Descending Geese at the Rice Fields (Tanbo no rakugan) and Evening Bell of the Mornin... 19th cent
Descending Geese at the Rice Fields (Tanbo no rakugan) and Evening Bell of the Morning After (Kinuginu no bansho), from the series "Eight Views of Figures Inside and Outside

Tens of thousands in good times and bad move ceaselessly from place to place... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tens of thousands in good times and bad move ceaselessly from place to place in order to eke out a living following the crops of California

Tobacco farms, like Southern cotton farms, carry a heavy surplus... near Tifton, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Tifton, Georgia. Tobacco farms, like Southern cotton farms, carry a heavy surplus which they employ at seasonal peaks

The Crocker Co. Mattress Factory, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Crocker Co. Mattress Factory, between c1900 and c1930

Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher, 1901. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville II
Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher, 1901. During Peace talks of February 1901, Kitchner declared he would stop his troops burning farms if Louis Botha instructed the Boers to stop using them

See Saw Margery Daw - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
Margery Daw sitting on a seesaw holding a bag of coins, which she has acquired through selling her mattress to a man who, for some reason, is wearing several hats

Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna
Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century

African American students in mattress-making class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1902
African American students in mattress-making class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. 1902. [Young women learning upholstery and soft furnishing]

Students making and upholstering barrel furniture, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1902
Students making and upholstering barrel furniture, 1902. [Young black women learning upholstery and soft furnishing]

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo
PWI95105 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) (marble) by Roman

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo
PWI105674 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) (marble) by Roman

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo
7338363 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) (marble) by Roman

A Seizure, c. 1840 (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT217761 A Seizure, c.1840 (litho) (b/w photo) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; © Archives Charmet

Just arrived from Kansas, on highway going to potato... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Just arrived from Kansas. On highway going to potato harvest. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. [Father changing tyre. Mattress tied onto side of truck]

Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest, moving into tent in the new mobile unit. (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Tents are provided. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, US99, between Tulare and Fresno, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno. Two families originating from Independence, Kansas, on U.S. 99. Started out from Fresno that morning for work cotton chopping

Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California

Un philosopher - illustration by G. Ri (Victor Mousselet) in "Le Bon Vivant"n
XEE4152449 Un philosopher - illustration by G. Ri (Victor Mousselet) in " Le Bon Vivant" n.18 de mars 1900 - Diary humorous de la famille - I have only a mattress, but I lay on it

Double bed, c. 1930 (Rio rosewood, patinated wrought iron & velvet)
2647642 Double bed, c.1930 (Rio rosewood, patinated wrought iron & velvet) by Chareau, Pierre (1883-1950); 59x205x190 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: With pivoting side table)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sommier; Hair-mattress; Matratze (engraving)
7197598 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sommier; Hair-mattress; Matratze (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sommier; Hair-mattress; Matratze)

The Hydropaths: Third Treatment (plate 3), 1843. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
The Hydropaths: Third Treatment (plate 3), 1843

Shaker Bed, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Elbert S. Mowery
Shaker Bed, 1935/1942

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"Rest like a princess on our luxurious mattress, just like the fabled Princess and the Pea. " "Experience the comfort of centuries past with our mattress inspired by Gian Lorenzo Bernini's masterpiece, The Sleeping Hermaphrodite. " "Inspired by Louis Leopold Boilly's painting 'The Movings, ' our mattress ensures a peaceful night's sleep even during times of change. " "No more sleepless nights. Our mattress will guarantee you a restful slumber, unlike Hans Andersen's Real Princess who suffered on an uncomfortable bed. " "Travel back in time with our vintage Vi-spring Mattress advert from 1938 - timeless comfort for modern sleepers. " "Don't let discomfort burn your dreams. Choose our comfortable mattress over Richard Caton Woodville II's fiery scene of treachery. " "Sway into dreamland with the nostalgia of Victorian nursery rhymes, just like Margery Daw on her cozy mattress. " "Find solace in art as you lay upon Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna's mysterious mid-19th-century painting while resting on our plush mattress. " "Our durable air raid shelter-inspired bed type is not only historically significant but also provides ultimate comfort and safety during turbulent times like WW2.