This isn't just a bed; it's an heirloom. In 1885, Lorenzo Caporali opened his small iron workshop in Santa Mama, Tuscany , where he fashioned tools and utensils. The company later expanded to include furniture and artwork. It's now owned by Lorenzo's great-grandson Andrea, who modeled the panels on his Araldo bed after "the grating that separates priest from confessant in a Catholic confessional." Today, the company's master craftsmen sculpt, weld and forge metal by hand just as Lorenzo did over a century ago. A bed is a person's most intimate piece of furniture; appropriately, the Araldo bed is made on an intimate scale. $8,678, www.tuscanhills.com

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Posted on June 07, 2007 | Permalink | More Pronto articles