No Distractions From Sleep. Like your favorite t-shirt washed a million times.

(quatrefoil quilt and due vintage cotton sheets.)

Matteo was founded by Matthew Lenoci in 1996 to create "simple sheets from the most luxurious textiles in the world". Every piece is woven in Italy from natural fibers, including cotton, flax, alpaca, and cashmere. Another drool-worthy summer find from abc carpet and home in nyc. Expensive? absolutely. I searched on ebay with no luck, but I finally found design public carries their DUE line which is not only cheaper than their original MATTEO collection, but they list it at an even more agreeable price than on Matteo's website. And if you're lucky enough to catch design public when they are having an outlet sale (their latest just ended in october), you will find prices anywhere from 50-75% off.

There is a vintage "loved and lived in" look and feel to the bedding that i love. No burlap potato sack-stiff linen, these have a luxury that linen has only after being washed 100 times... nearly falling apart like your favorite t-shirt. Same goes with the vintage cotton, which is 100% cotton but with unique stitching that gives it a linen texture. it's all very simple. with amazing eco-friendly materials and the look and feel like you discovered them in some medieval hill town in Italy that no one else knows about. most important: it's machine washable. who in their right mind would purchase dry clean only bedding? I never understood it.