Image Credits

We’re grateful to the photographers who share their work under open licences. Each photo below is used under the licence shown, with a link to the original. Mattress cross-section illustrations are our own, drawn from each brand’s published construction details.

A woman stretching her upper back in a bedroom

Back view of a woman performing a stretching exercise for the spine
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

A crisply made bed with white sheets in a hotel room

Bed in hotel room 2
Photo: Kurt Kaiser / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Two queen beds side by side in a hotel room

Bed in hotel room 3
Photo: Kurt Kaiser / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

A thick hotel mattress with white bedding

Bed in hotel room 6
Photo: Kurt Kaiser / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Rumpled white sheets and pillows on an unmade bed

Bed in Seattle hotel
Photo: Liz Lawley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

A bare mattress on a carved wooden bed frame

Bedroom with wooden bed (1133)
Photo: linhvan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

A cat curled up on a soft duvet next to pillows

Comforter on bed
Photo: ArielGlenn / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

A neatly made double bed in a bright, modern bedroom

Cozy bedroom with a large bed and simple decor in a modern home
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

A calm, minimal bedroom with a wide bed and white bedding

Cozy bedroom with two beds window and wall art in a simple setting
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Crumpled duvet covered with a white cotton duvet cover 1
Photo: W.carter / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

A bright, airy bedroom with light linen bedding and an open window view

Dormeo bedding FLEUR image 4
Photo: Studio Moderna / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

White pillows and rolled towels on a freshly made bed

DSC 7517 Crisp white towels neatly rolled on a freshly made bed with patterned cushions and a colorful tiled headboard in the background
Photo: PattayaPatrol / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A plush king-size bed in a softly lit, elegant bedroom

DSC 8585 Cozy elegant bedroom with a plush king-size bed soft ambient lighting and large sliding glass doors opening onto a shaded outdoor seating area
Photo: PattayaPatrol / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A double bed with a padded headboard and decorative pillows

Hotel room bedroom in building on Chapel Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, on 5 October 2025
Photo: MatthewHoobin / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Kids' bedroom Apartment Efteling Bosrijk 2019
Photo: Eliedion / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

An old, worn mattress left out on the pavement for disposal

Mattress & Duvet
Photo: Alan Stanton / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

The exposed spring unit of an old mattress

Mattress springs (4141239038)
Photo: Lee Haywood from Wollaton, Nottingham, England / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Cross-section of a natural mattress showing foam, coconut fibre and wool layers

Mattress-coconutfibre+foam+hemp- and sheepwool PNr°0085
Photo: D-Kuru / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 at

A handprint slowly fading from the surface of memory foam

MemoryFoam-slow
Photo: Johan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

A modern bedroom with a large white bed and geometric feature wall

Modern bedroom design in a stylish hotel room featuring geometric patterns and soft linens
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

A double bed with two pillows under a wooden mountain headboard

Modern bedroom design with wooden mountain headboard in cozy space
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

A woman doing a seated stretch by a window

Top view of a woman stretching on a yoga mat
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

A large king bed with white pillows and a brown runner

TW 台湾 Taipei 台北 Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei 酒店房間 hotel room 枕頭 white pillows n 巨床 big big bed March 2024 R12S 01
Photo: Ounfs Robmmy 238 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

A bright bedroom with a four-poster bed and white walls

USVI IMG 5174 - White bedroom with vaulted ceiling bed dresser and window letting in soft light
Photo: Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

A simple double bed with white sheets in a small bedroom

Vintage double bed with white bed sheets in a modern hotel room
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Close-up of a forward-fold stretch on a yoga mat

Woman holding her feet while doing stretching exercises at home closeup
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Image Credits

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