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A Golden Snooze

Published: 5/7/2009 6:14:00 AM

Keywords: Home Furnishings | Opulence

By LAWRENCE TAN

Taking the phrase “precious sleep” literally, Italian mattress maker Magniflex has fashioned a bedding line out of the precious metals, gold and platinum.

The gold mattress is made with a 22-carat gold yarn cover, and features the company’s patented Memoform Core (made from soy and vegetable oil), which adapts to the shape of the body with up to 85 percent accuracy.

Magniflex says the physical properties of gold render the mattress anti-bacteria, anti-inflammatory, anti-stress and anti-dust mite, and odor-free. Carrying a price tag of $24,000, each mattress also comes with matching gold pillows at $1,000 each.

Upping the ante on its luxury collection, Magniflex has added the Platinum version, which essentially boasts the same features as the gold version, albeit with a platinum fiber cover. At $75,000 – more than triple the price of the gold version – the platinum bed could also possibly be the most expensive in the world.

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