Vittoria Slip Cover Bedheads

The Vittoria Slip Cover Bedhead in Eames Parchment is queen width at 160cm, 110cm high on a 10cm profile. The reversible slipcover is 54% polyester, 25% rayon, 10% linen, 10% cotton and 1% nylon, rated 96,000 on the Martindale scale. Exposed seams run across the face.

A removable cover on a bedhead is rarer than it should be and changes what the piece is. Bedheads absorb hair oil and hand cream along a narrow band at pillow height, which is the one part of the fabric that will look tired first, and a cover that comes off can be cleaned rather than lived with.

Exposed seams are the detail that keeps the slipcover from reading as a loose throw. Turning the seam outward and letting it show is what tailors do when they want a soft cover to hold a line, and here it gives the bedhead a drawn edge that a hidden seam would not.

The blend is unusually complex for a bedhead and worth reading. Rayon and linen give the hand-feel, cotton gives the softness, and the nylon at one per cent is there purely for tear strength at the seams, which is exactly where a removable cover takes its stress.