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Artisan Bespoke
Our firmest 100% natural fibre mattress providing a medium support with firmer feeling top layers for those wanting a firmer feel. Completely tailored calico pocket springs for your body weight.
Compare comfort
The firmness of the mattress you desire is determined by a few factors. Your weight and height, and the mattress of your choice. The upholstery layers are the very top comfort layers and give different degrees of firmness alongside the spring unit which should be chosen based on your weight.
Comfort chart
- Firmer upholstery
- Artisan Bespoke
- Artisan 1500
- Artisan Tailored Pocket 2000
- Artisan Naturals
- Artisan Bespoke 004
- Artisan Bespoke 002
- Artisan Luxury
- Softer upholstery
Spring tension chart
| Under 8st | 8–11st | 11–13st | 13–15st | 15–17st | 17–19st | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5'–5'3" | Soft / med | Medium | Medium | Medium | Firm | Firm |
| 5'3"–5'6" | Soft / med | Medium | Medium | Medium | Firm | Firm |
| 5'6"–5'9" | Soft / med | Medium | Medium | Medium | Firm | Firm |
| 5'9"–6' | Soft / med | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Firm |
| 6'–6'3" | Soft / med | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Firm |
| 6'3"–6'6" | Soft / med | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Firm |
Introduction
It’s no use being coy about this. Our Artisan Bespoke is based quite clearly on the build quality of many of Vi Spring and Savoir models. We state quite openly that our Artisan Bespoke is “The best mattress your money can buy”. .. And the following is our reasoning. ..
To present our case, our Artisan Bespoke is described and detailed to the extreme in order to give you all the initial information you need to make an educated and informed comparison.
The closest comparable model we can find to our Artisan Bespoke is the Vi-Spring Herald Superb. It carries a retail price of £2670 [King] [Nov 2014]. We always try as best we can to base our comparable models to about half the lowest price we can find.
This model has a 10 year guarantee.
Springs
Despite some very misleading descriptions on the internet, there aren’t many manufactures who utilise actual Calico Pocket Springs in their mattresses. The most prominent manufacturers whom we know of are of course ViSpring and Savoir Beds.
Artisan Bespoke [Kingsize] 1600 Calico encased Pocket Springs [49mm] [1.28mm] Sewn in individual calico pockets and hand-formed into a honeycomb-nested unit.
Vi-Spring Herald Superb [King] 1476 Calico encased Pocket Springs [Diam: 51mm] [Gauge: 1.42mm] Sewn in individual calico pockets and hand-formed into a honeycomb-nested unit.
We are also able to offer Soft, Medium or Firm spring tensions dependant on your weight requirements. We can also offer your mattress to be made with dual spring tensions for people of differing bodyweights.
We also zone the perimeter sides (2 rows) of the mattress with a slightly firmer spring to aid the edge support. This stabilises the mattress when sitting on the edge.
Upholstery Layers & Comparison
The combined upholstery weight by GSM [Grams per Square Metre] in a mattress is a good indicator of who is giving you more upholstery for your money. Of course the upholstery has to be similar by quality so once you know the overall weight you then have to break that down further by component. The Bespoke has three rows of Genuine hand side stitching. 8 padded turning handles on the KS.
The mattress has been traditionally hand tufted with woollen tufts. This mattress is covered in our white woven 100% Viscose with subtle John Ryan design.
Artisan Bespoke: Combined Upholstery Weight 5100 gsm
Vi-spring Herald Superb: Combined Upholstery Weight: 3400 gsm
Our Artisan Bespoke has 1700 gsm MORE Upholstery than the Vi-Spring Herald Superb: To put this into some sort of perspective, the top of range Vi-Spring Magnificence utilises a combined upholstery weight of 3710 gsm.
| John Ryan By Design Artisan Bespoke | Vi-Spring Herald Superb | |
|---|---|---|
| Total GSM | 5100gsm | 3400gsm |
| 1 | 500gsm British Wool | 1200gsm Blended British Fleece Wool & Cotton |
| 2 | 1200gsm Blended British Fleece Wool and Cotton | NA |
| 3 | Hairproof Cambric Cover | Hairproof Cambric Cover |
| 4 | 1200gsm Pure Horsetail | NA |
| 5 | 1200gsm Horsehair | 1200gsm Horsehair |
| 6 | 1000 gsm White Cashmere Insulator | 1000gsm British Fleece Wool |
| 7 | 1600 Calico encased Pocket Springs [49mm] [1.28mm] | 1476 Calico encased Pocket Springs [51mm] [Gauge: 1.42mm] |
How it will feel
This is the firmest feel of our Artisan mattress range.
We can also accommodate people of differing bodyweights. In this instance we can have your mattress made with Dual Tension springs e.g: Half the mattress with soft tension springs and half the mattress with medium tension springs. Likewise, Half Medium and Half Firm.
We are also able to offer Soft, Medium or Firm springs dependent on your weight requirements.
| Bodyweight | Spring tension |
|---|---|
| Upto 8 Stone / 50kg | Soft |
| 8-16 Stone / 50-101kg | Medium |
| 16 Stone / 101kg Upwards | Firm |
Bases
Our John Ryan Pocket Sprung Edge Artisan bases are 13″ in depth plus 2″ for Shepherd Castors making them 15″ in total. This is a ‘true edge’ base.
If drawers are added then the base height will be 13″ plus 2″ for Shepherd castors making 15″ in total.
Spring edging can be looked upon as a mini mattress between the main mattress and the base. It offers a progressive support that dampens the strain of weight from the user. This significantly improves the overall comfort level of a mattress. This difference in comfort is often described as ‘Softer’ which is quite an incorrect term to use.
The drawers on the Artisan bases are 32″ wide, 20″ deep and 9″ high.
You can have 2 or 4 drawer options. If using bedside tables you may want to have 2 full size and 2 continental drawers so the drawers next to the bedside tables can be opened fully.
Continental drawers will have the same depth and height as the normal, but width will be 17.5 inches. To find out more such as the sizes and splits that Divans come in please read more here.
No drawers
2 full drawers
2 half & 2 full drawers
4 full drawers
Summary
We have placed our reputation firmly and squarely on the line here by giving you a direct price comparison to The Herald Superb, a high end mattress from Vi-Spring, a manufacturer of worth, retailing for around £2670 (King).
We say that our Artisan Bespoke can be seen as a better buy for quality of build [our mattress has 1700 GSM more filling than this particular Vi Spring model] In addition our retail price is significantly less.
To do this we had to be entirely sure that our mattress is not only comparable but actually supersedes The Chatsworth. It must be understood that this is not a direct copy. Our Artisan Bespoke uses considerably more of the same core premium ingredients – Horsehair, Horsetail, Cashmere, Wool and Cotton – at weights and composition that fundamentally creates a superbly comfortable “alternative” but for around half the price.
As further evidence of the quality of our spring unit – we equate the quality of our calico encased springs to Savoir Beds [The UK’s premium mattress manufacturer and direct competitor to Vi-Spring]
As a final testament to the quality of this mattress, all you have to do to see if there is anything better out there, is go to any high end retailer armed with the information above [component and weights] and see what your money can get you. John and Ryan.
Pete
Recently purchased the Artisan Bespoke and am delighted with the comfort and build quality. This replaced a much loved Hypnos bed but from the first nights use, we found the new bed to be perfect in terms of support. We had been recommended the medium spring tension based on our individual weights and so far we have both slept really well. Our only complaint is that we struggle to prise ourselves from the bed in order to get to work!
The delivery guys were very helpful and unpacked and assembled the bed to enable us to check everything over, and the whole ordering process has been smooth, professional, and trouble free. I would not hesitate to recommend FB Direct and am so pleased that I stumbled upon their website.
Many thanks Pete
Malcolm
Have now had the bed for a month, turning the mattress as recommended and am extremely happy with it. It is the best mattress I have ever slept on (including those at some top hotels) and although other manufacturers sell beds much more expensive I cannot possibly see how there could be anything better than the Bespoke. – Malcolm
Stuart Harrison
I came across this site last year after researching for a reaaly good quality mattress as I’d had back problems. I decided on the Artisan bespoke as I wanted the best and with the ViSpring being completely out of my range I ordered from here. Given the number of testimonials and the personal service offered I felt the site could be trusted to deliver.
Well what a find this site was! It has to be the most comfortable and luxurious mattress I have ever slept on and has remained so for the past year.
You can tell how much material is in the mattress as it takes two people
to turn it!
I would recommend anyone thinking of buying a new mattress to buy from here. Service was without fault.
Only wish I had a bigger room so I could have had the super king size to really feel like a king! – Stuart Harrison
Martin
In a nutshell I am going to buy from John Ryan by Design again and already recommended it to my fellow colleagues and friends. This explains it all.
I have purchased Artisan Bespoke Super King Medium/Soft split couple months ago. Frankly I have spent a lot of time trying different mattresses at the shops and got more and more confused more I’ve tried so I simply followed the advise by the office and ordered one thinking worse case scenario I will send it back if it won’t suit me. Being consultant and treating spinal pain for number of years I have suspected how important is the mattress and ability to give a chance for your body to restore itself during the sleep but I did not expect what have’happened. After first night my pain eased and I simply feel more rested in the morning, same with my wife. I believe pocket spring mattress with natural filling is the best and my experience confirms it. Bespoke is quitefirm , firmer than Vispring so make sure this is what you want. It suits me.
I would like to thank everybody in the office for bespoke boutique service and especially gentlemen from delivery company who have sorted delivery time out of hours during our first conversation. This is so rare in our time to receive such service when people genuinely care and so important especially for us working impossible schedules. Delivery itself was great I just feel sorry for the team who needs to carry 80kg mattresses upstairs through thight spaces.
Many many thanks ,will buy again and would recomend.