Unless you’ve spent a night in a royal Japanese palace, you’ve probably never experienced the decadent luxury of a pure silk duvet.

...Which means that you’ve probably never felt for yourself how incredibly efficient silk is as a temperature regulator – perfectly warm ‘n snug in winter, and light ‘n airy in summer.

When the ancient Orientals struck on this secret thousands of years ago, special mulberry fields were planted along the banks of Lake Taihu to feed the silkworms that spin the choicest silk of all.

The Real Deal

Today The Mulberry Silk Company of Zhenze, Lake Taihu, still source their succulent mulberry leaves from the very same fields, and go to great efforts to uphold the same exacting standards and ancient traditions established by the royal courts in days of old.

Lately a number of silk duvet products have appeared on world markets that fall rather short of these standards, and are definitely not made with authentic Mulberry Silk – recognized as the highest grade of silk in the world.

See the Sunday Times article from 07/12/2008 (PDF, 208 KB).