May
2012
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Morgan Brennan, Forbes.com

The World’s Most Expensive Bed Sells for $6.4 Million

British designer Stuart Hughes has just unveiled his latest ultra-high end and utterly exclusive foray into furniture: the Baldacchino Supreme. In a joint collaboration with Hebanon by Fratelli Basile Interiors of Nocera Superiore Italy, a team of master Italian furniture makers, the Baldacchino Supreme is the world’s new most expensive bed for sale.

the Baldacchino SupremeOnly two will be created, each taking 3 months to hand craft upon purchase.

The bed is fashioned from:

  • Italian silk curtains
  • chestnut, ash and cherry woods
  • Capitonnè headboard that can be customized with diamonds upon request.
  • Finally, it’s generously brushed along the borders of the entire structure with gold leaf: 107 kg of solid 24ct gold - that’s over $5 million worth of gold at current market prices

One bed has already sold to a wealthy Italian buyer. If you act quickly, you can pick up the second bed before it's tackiness wears off.

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