Silk Duvet

In a heated home held around 18–21°C, yes — at 52 oz in a Queen this is an all-season weight, not a summer duvet. In an unheated room, a cottage, or if you genuinely sleep cold, a goose down duvet will give you more warmth for less weight. We'd rather point you there than have you cold.

Yes, with one clarification. Silk regulates temperature by absorbing moisture — it can take up around 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp — so you stay dry, and staying dry is most of what "sleeping cool" actually means. What silk doesn't do is feel cold to the touch. If you want that specific sensation, our Bamboo Viscose Duvet is the better match. If you want a duvet with real presence that won't cook you, this is it.

Untreated Mulberry Silk has a mild, earthy natural scent from sericin, the protein that binds the fibre. It's a marker of minimally processed Silk, not a chemical residue. Air the duvet in a shaded, well-ventilated spot for 24–48 hours and it clears.

Because it's built differently. Down lofts into a dome above you; Silk is layered in continuous sheets that fall onto you and follow your shape. A Silk Duvet at equivalent warmth will always look flatter. Let it breathe for about 12 hours out of the packaging before first use.

Long-strand Silk is drawn from cocoons in continuous unbroken fibres and layered by hand — it holds its structure longer and costs considerably more. Short-strand silk is made of shorter fibres, which makes it softer and more affordable, and our box stitch construction keeps it evenly distributed. This duvet uses short-strand mulberry silk. Our 300TC Mulberry Silk Duvet uses 6A long-strand.

Twin 38 oz · Double 45 oz · Queen 52 oz · King 60 oz. That works out to roughly 275+ g/m² across every size. We publish these figures so you can compare us directly against any other Silk Duvet — most brands don't publish theirs.

Always use a duvet cover and wash the cover, not the duvet. Do not machine wash the duvet. We don't recommend conventional dry cleaning either — the solvents strip sericin and shorten the life of the fibre. For spills, spot clean with cool water and a small amount of a gentle non-detergent soap such as Woolite or Zero, then dab dry and let it air fully. Refresh once or twice a year by airing it in a shaded, ventilated spot for a few hours. Keep it out of direct sun, which weakens silk over time.

Yes. The percale shell is built to hold the Silk in place, not to take daily wear from skin, oils and friction. A cover is what makes a Silk Duvet last, and it's the difference between years and decades.

Box stitch construction divides the fill into sewn-through panels so it can't migrate to one end, and the corner ties anchor the duvet to your cover so it stays put through the night. Give it a shake when you change the cover and it redistributes evenly.

Our duvets run 88" long. Many Queen and King covers are cut at 90", so you may have about two inches of slack at one end — this is why we build in corner ties. Tie all of them when you dress the bed and the duvet stays square. Our Twin, Double and King are cut wider than the category standard, which gives you more drape down the sides of the bed.

With a cover on it and gentle care, a silk duvet is a long-term purchase — many owners get well over a decade. Silk is one of the strongest natural fibres there is. What shortens its life is washing it, dry cleaning it, or leaving it in direct sun.

Silk is naturally resistant to dust mites, mould and mildew, and it contains no feather or down protein. Every Royal Elite silk duvet is certified STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®, tested against hundreds of harmful substances. If you react to feathers or synthetics, silk is one of the best natural options available.

It helps in two ways, though it's worth being precise about how. Silk absorbs moisture without feeling damp, so you're not sleeping against trapped sweat — which is what tends to irritate reactive skin overnight. It's also naturally resistant to dust mites and mould, and certified STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®, so there's nothing harsh sitting against you for eight hours. What a silk duvet won't do is act on your face directly — the surface you touch is the cotton percale shell, not the silk fill. If you're after the friction and hydration benefits people associate with silk bedding, that comes from silk in direct contact with skin, so a silk pillowcase or silk sheets are the right product for that.