Morna Bed with Nightstands by Tobia and Afra Scarpa for Molteni, 1972

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Tobia and Afra Scarpa Morna bed with nightstand in wood, black padded leather and acrylic glass.

Produced by Molteni, 1972ca. … Read more Tobia and Afra Scarpa Morna bed with nightstand in wood, black padded leather and acrylic glass.

Produced by Molteni, 1972ca. Italy.

Mattress size: 200 x 180 cm (max.)

Mattress not available.

In 1972 the partnership between Molteni&C and Tobia and Afra Scarpa started, and continuing over many years with a series of multiple furnishings, which are at the same time a precise example of the type of stable relationship between designer and businessman which has always been a strong point of Italian design, contributing to the image of the business and also a series of elegant reinventions of furnishing types, through attention to materials and structural revision.

The first example of this professional relationship, was the Morna bed destined to be highly successful and have successive versions.
This bed signed the arrival of the modern style in the bedroom spaces: the structure present a frame in steel tube with two front feet and two wheels under the headboard, all in rubber material, plus a handle to facilitate moving. The elastic beach mattress support is fixed under pressure to its trestles. Its sides are protected by a soft edging covered in leather: this contains the mattress. The headboard consists of two elements in polyurethane covered in leather: both can be used for a single bed and together they form a double headboard.
The lateral side have large drawers on wheels with containers. Looking at it again today, it isn’t hard to understand the success of Morna. Its structural conception, the articulation of different parts which together make up the bed, everything working towards functional comfort and usefulness.

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