Tuesday, 6 October 2026

The 1805 bed made for Napoleon and Josephine and the emperor's love of luxury

Wooden bed with a pink silk canopy, patterned blue trim and bronze female heads on the posts, displayed in a museum room.

The bed made for Napoleon and Josephine in 1805 rather hints that it is time to retire. Napoleon was, in general, a lover of luxury, and the style owes much of its subsequent popularity precisely to the emperor's fondness for it

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