Beds and Bedding

is a truly original shape covered on the outside with the unmistakable texture of linen velvet and upholstered on the inside with Gainsborough cotton damask, like a shell with mother of pearl lining. Shown 48" wide, it can be made as a double (54") or as a chaise (29"). You can't imagine what it feels like to recline in the Bateau until you have experienced it. $2400 to $4200 Coverlet and pillow $525.

"Rocaille" is the name of this luxurious pattern in the lampas style, The background is a light blue verging on putty and the highlights are coral and gold with lavendar. Lightly padded, putty coloured poly/cotton backs, $120 each for four. Herb-filled bed saches with Scalamandre faces and sheer backs. $14 each

The finest damask bedding fabrics blend silk with cotton. This exquisite chinoiserie scene of catching fish is lighthearted and finely detailed in 50/50 silk/cotton. The coverlet is lightly padded and hand quilted with co-ordinate turn-back cuff and side borders. European double $850, Queen $900, and King $950. Shams with ties $85 each. Coral silk 22" square pillows add glow $50.

Delauney Sofa Quilt, a silk/polycotton patchwork, 50 inches square, designed after a 1934 colour study by artist Robert Delauney. Raw edges and hand quilting $250.