Our Story
Born from the founder’s obsession with French brocantes and a good night’s sleep, Trousseau is a love letter to forgotten furniture, with an eye to sustainability.
Trousseau founder, Beth Hewitt, adding the finishing touches during a bed shoot.
The word ‘Trousseau’ traditionally refers to the collection of fine linens and clothing that a young woman would gather in preparation for her marriage. The linens would often be embroidered with the initial of the future bride and once she met a partner, their initial would be added. These antique linens can be found in brocantes across France, still bearing the initials of those 19th century love stories. These beautiful fabrics are hand-woven from linen and hemp and result in hard-wearing and sustainable upholstery.
Trousseau founder, Beth Hewitt, has been obsessed with French brocantes and vide greniers (literally ‘empty attic’) and the vintage treasures they hold, since moving to Paris five years ago. Determined to combine beautiful furniture with a commitment to making the smallest possible impact on the environment, Beth began hunting for antique bed frames which she then repairs and restores in her Paris atelier and so Trousseau beds was born.
Happily, ideas about love and marriage have become much less rigid in modern times and our beds aim to keep the love story going, whether you’re sharing a bed with a partner, friend, puppy or sleeping diagonally with the whole bed to yourself!