type privately held company industry luxury goods founded 1905 founder the savoy hotel headquarters london united kingdom key people rupert d oyly carte website savoirbeds.com savoir beds is based in london uk and handcrafts luxury mattresses and box springs . their mattresses are created from natural materials such as curled horsetail cashmere lambs wool and cotton . the company is best known for creating the savoy bed or no. 2 bed which was first made in 1905 for the savoy hotel . savoir beds continue to supply the savoy hotel and installed beds during and after the hotel s 2010 refurbishment . history edit savoir beds began life as part of the savoy hotel . in 1904 the hotel was expanded by rupert d oyly carte who decided at the time that they should develop a bed unique to the savoy hotel . in 1905 this resulted in the savoy bed being created which was manufactured by james edwards limited . the beds were covered in a savoy designed ticking attributed to his stepmother helen carte which has become the trademark of savoir beds . 1 in 1924 the savoy hotel bought james edwards limited . at the time the beds were made in a workshop that became known as the savoy bedworks which is located close to london s theatre land . the no. 2 bed was supplied to other hotels which were at that time part of the savoy group including claridge s and the berkeley . 2 recent decades edit in 1987 the savoy bedworks moved to mitcham south of london which became savoir beds in 1997 when alistair hughes and his business partner purchased it . the name change came after the savoy sold off this arm of the business . savoir beds continued to make the savoy bed or no. 2 bed in the same way taking on the craftsmen and equipment from the savoy hotel . in 1998 savoir beds moved the bedworks and craftsmen to park royal in northwest london . 3 in 2001 savoir beds opened its first showroom in london s wigmore street . in 1999 savoir beds became a member of walpole the not for profit organisation that furthers the interests of the british luxury industry by harnessing and sharing the collective knowledge experience and resources of the membership . 4 by 2012 savoir beds had showrooms in major cities worldwide including london berlin d sseldorf paris nice stockholm new york shanghai and beijing . it also has a concession in harrods . in june 2012 savoir beds opened a second bedworks in treforest south wales . 5 references edit how to buy a bed . telegraph . jones ronald f. 1997 . inside the best hotels grand hotelier . jones & jones . p. 248 . isbn 0953273709 . retrieved 18 january 2013 . holly finn 4 august 2002 . ft weekend dream baby . the financial times . access date requires url help rodney hobson 19 february 1998 . the great nights of luxury . the times . access date requires url help savoir beds expands to larger works in treforest . bbc . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title savoir beds & oldid 675035105 categories beddinghidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 august 2015 at 20 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view