VISPRING STORY

The story starts in 1899 in Canada with engineer James Marshall. When his wife was taken ill he wanted to ensure her the ultimate comfort and support, by handmaking her a mattress filled with coiled springs wrapped in muslin. This resulted in the invention of the Marshall coil, or pocket spring as we know it today.

Marshall went on to patent his invention and established the Marshall Mattress company.

James Marshall subsequently licensed patent rights to this design for the United Kingdom to his former employees John Nolon and Frederick James. The pair decided to produce the mattress commercially and incorporated the Marshall Sanitary Mattress Company in 1901, the company that later became Vispring.

For over a century, Vispring has become synonymous with comfort and luxury. The bespoke Vispring mattresses fitted perfectly in the opulent cabins of legendary ocean liners, like the RMS Titanic, the suites of fabled hotels like the Dorchester and 45 Park Lane in London (UK), and the bedrooms of the finest homes.

In 2005 Vispring was acquired by the Flex Bedding Group. The Flex Group is the world’s leading high-end bedding company that in addition to Vispring, also owns And So to Bed, E.S. Kluft & Co., and Marshall Mattress.