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title: "Historic Films About Mattress Makers"
url: https://le-briand.fr/en/museum/mattress-maker-report/
description: "Watch mattress makers at work in rare period films and historic documentaries preserved in the Le Briand museum."
lang: en-US
updated: 2026-09-23
translations:
  fr: https://le-briand.fr/musee/reportage-matelassier/
source: https://le-briand.fr/en/museum/mattress-maker-report.md
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# Historic Documentaries

Published: April 3, 2020

Updated: August 21, 2023

Author: Le Briand Mattress Makers

Mattress makers on film. Women mattress makers at work.

Such footage is rare enough that every related documentary deserves a place on this list.

[The craft of the artisan mattress maker](https://fabricantmatelas.com/artisan-matelassier/) reveals more of itself through period films and historic documentaries.

In addition to directors who placed this trade at the heart of their stories, such as [Georges Méliès in 1906](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gecKjJTF08&list=PLdErhthatMYzsI9buI0kkrIQf5qlOSpCL&index=13) and [Alice Guy-Blaché in 1906](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pB11qSQR1A&list=PLdErhthatMYzsI9buI0kkrIQf5qlOSpCL&index=11), several reports documented the trade and gave a voice to the men and women who played a central role in the social fabric:

## 1964

[Watch the video “\[Where is he going? What is he doing? Who is he?\] Making a mattress in the postwar years” on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4CYHJfDGw)

Broadcast on France Régions 3 Bordeaux

## 1967

[Watch the video “Mattress maker: the story of a craft Les Ateliers Le Briand is helping to preserve” on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5TM1ygOPnM)

## 1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lclIgRNMEd4

Broadcast on Caméra One Télévision, Douce, and La Sept

The mattress makers and bedding makers of the twenty-first century continue this tradition.

Their expertise has deepened over time, and the products they make respond to the priorities and expectations of today’s customers.

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Topics covered in this guide

These films preserve movements from 1906, 1964, and 1967 that can still be seen in the workshop; we invite you to :

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…and we will be delighted to demonstrate them before you, without editing or a period voice-over.