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Italian LuxuryLinens

Beauty & italian style Dea Mantellassi’s 60+ years of textile experience has inspired her to encompass the ancient traditions of Italian linen craftsmanship with modern innovation. Due to this knowledge Dea has established her company as worldwide leader in luxury home textiles.

Dea’s success comes from the commitment and talent of Dea’s people. Each step of the production process, from selecting the materials to packaging the finished product, is scrupulously overseen by the best in the industry.

Dea not only understands the consumer trends of Tuscany and the rest of Italy but also what translates into international markets. This breadth of marketing knowledge makes Dea an excellent resource for luxury textiles globally.

Dea Italian Luxury Linens is an ambassador of Italian culture of high-end linens throughout the world.

The Story of Italian Excellence Dea Italian Luxury Linens creates refined works of art defined by Italian excellence, where heritage craftsmanship meets modern innovation. Founded by Dea Mantellassi, the brand is rooted in over 60 years of textile expertise.

Trained from an early age in fine fabrics and embroideries under pioneering Florentine designer Emilia Bellini, Dea launched her own label in the 1960s— transforming artistic mastery into an internationally recognized luxury house for bed, bath, and table linens.

Today, all collections are produced entirely in Tuscany, between Pistoia and the Chianti countryside, where generations of artisans preserve rare finishing and embroidery techniques. Each piece is meticulously overseen from material selection through final packaging to ensure exceptional quality.

Still family-run, Dea Italian Luxury Linens is led by Dea Mantellassi alongside her brothers Alfredo and Franco, with her daughter Sabrina (pictured opposite, with Dea) guiding the brand’s international growth. Deeply rooted in Italian heritage yet attuned to global sensibilities, Dea stands as a true ambassador of Italian culture and craftsmanship worldwide.

SPRING

2026 introductions

Inspired by painterly blooms and lyrical motifs, we are drawn into Dea’s world, where Italian artistry reveals itself through exclusive patterns, opulent textiles, and rich texture.

Signature prints unfold in multi-hued leaves, delicate botanica, and dreamy florals, while new fabric additions and dimensional weaves bring depth and nuance to the collection. Modern metallic threads glimmer within yarndyed jacquards and refined stitched details, as heritage embroidery is thoughtfully reimagined.

The result is a beautifully layered bed, envisioned and crafted in Italy.

Falesia

Embroidery

Fine embroidery traces a linear path, punctuated by architectural squares that lend a playful sense of rhythm and structure.

This page, top: Falesia Embroidery in Ivory/Natural e Ivory/Light Sand | Bottom: Falesia Embroidery in White/Ice + Biancofiore Sateen in Ice Opposite page: Falesia Embroidery in White/Aqua Blue

Biancofiore

A veil of gossamer blossoms floats across luminous sateen, evoking lightness and a sense of quiet movement.

Print

This page, top: Biancofiore Sateen in Ice | Bottom: Biancofiore Sateen in Ice + Falesia Embroidery in White/Ice Opposite page: Biancofiore Sateen in Blush

Ascanio

Platinum and soft gold embroidery creates a quiet shimmer, evoking the calm, rhythmic beauty of falling rain.

Embroidery This page: Ascanio Border Sateen Opposite page: Ascanio Border Sateen + Ascanio Embroidery + Ascanio Printed Sateen + Ascanio Piquet Coverlet and Shams

Print

Ethereal hues converge through sketched linear forms, softened and diffused on sateen.

Ascanio This page, Ascanio Print in Blush + Eliseo Border Insert in White/Sand

Ascanio Piquet Coverlet & Shams

Ascanio Collection featuring Embroidery, Piquet Sateen Print and Sateen Border

Ortisei Plush cotton velvet layers deliver a sumptuously soft feel, inspired by the ease of modern palazzos.

Quilt

This page, top: Ortisei Velvet in Graphite + Cleopatra Jacquard Border in Gold Bottom and opposite page: Ortisei Velvet in Ivory and Graphite

Luminous threads trace exotic leaves in soft, undulating motion and refined lines, while opulent velvet adds dimension.

Cleopatra

Jacquard

This page, Cleopatra Jacquard in Gold + Cleopatra Jacquard Border in Gold + Cleopatra Jacquard in Natural Opposite page: Cleopatra Jacquard in Ivory + Ortisei Ivory

Ava

Print Wood Fiber

Blue and white florals drift across a silky ground with effortless ease, subtly accented by warm hues for a quietly radiant finish.

This page and opposite page: Ava Print Wood Fiber + Ava Solid with Printed Cuff

Eliseo

Framing, refined: a precise satin stitch with a distinctly tailored point of view.

Border Insert

This page and opposite page: Eliseo Border Insert in Ice and Taupe

Print

Leaves and flora appear in a botanical composition, rendered with poetic precision.

Dina This page, top: Dina Print + Broccato Embroidery | Bottom: Dina Print + Falesia Embroidery in White/Sage Green Opposite page: Dina Print + Broccato Embroidery

Broccato Embroidery New Colors

Artisan stitching recalls the romance of Italian scrollwork, intertwining floral flourishes with heritage detail and enduring elegance.

This page: Broccato Embroidery in White/Colonial Grey Opposite page: Broccato Embroidery in White/Colonial Grey + Eliseo in Natural/Light Sand

Overview Spring Collections 2026

Inside the Dea Atelier

Where the art of making is celebrated-rooted in heritage, and expressed through exceptional materials and time-honored techniques

Jacquard Wovens

Lace Details

Through jacquard craftsmanship, Dea customizes select fabrics, as specialized looms interweave threads of varying hues and weights to translate original designs into richly textured patterns. Yarn-dyed wovens imbue rich dimension and pattern while piece-dyed solids in fine geometrics and soft textures bring the ideal layering pieces in cotton matelasse and piquet fabrics.

Lace embellishment reflects Dea’s exacting skill, expertly applied to fabrics—stitched in clean lines or gentle waves. Designs may be placed directly onto the fabric or layered with transparency, achieved by hand-cutting the ground beneath the lace for a lighter, more modern expression. Volant lace, used along edges or across pillows and duvet covers, introduces a softer, more romantic allure. Each lace is developed exclusively from original designs and sourced from the finest makers in Italy, Switzerland, and France.

Signature Prints Dea was among the first to introduce color and print to fine linens, establishing a distinctive and unmistakable point of view. The brand presents original designs conceived by its in-house creatives, alongside exclusive reproductions of artworks. Production is entrusted to specialized Tuscan printers known for exceptional quality and low-impact processes, ensuring enduring brilliance of color and a beautifully refined finish.

Appliques & Scallops Design options are further enhanced through pieced printed cuffs, solid border frames, and appliquéd motifs, all intentionally developed to coordinate across collections. Ingeniously cut scallops and engineered edges expand the bed wardrobe and style range with both modern clarity and throwback sophistication and charm.

Specialized Embroideries Distinctive embroideries are crafted in Dea’s Tuscan workshops, where artisanal knowledge is carefully preserved and passed down. From entirely hand-embroidered pieces—executed slowly and meticulously by master embroiderers—to controlled handguided machine work and refined multi-head embroidery, each technique is chosen for its ability to deliver innovation, precision, and enduring beauty.

Quilting Dea’s quilting spans a wide range of crisp geometrics and novelty motifs—from playful chain patterns to more graphic expressions— most often executed on the brand’s signature solid sateen, while extending to select complementary fabrics. Conceived as the final layer, each piece brings cohesion and polish to the bed’s mise-en-scène.

Spring Collections 2026

PRINTS

Spring Collections 2026

Ascanio Print

Ava Print Wood Fiber 30

Sage Green

82

Graphite

83

18

Colonial Grey

Ice

Solid with Printed Cuff

01/30

White/ Sage Green

Solid with Printed Cuff

01/82

White/ Graphite

01/83

01/18

White/Colonial Grey

Biancofiore Print

White/Ice

Dina Print 18

Ice

65

01 White

Pink Pearl

Solid with Printed Cuff

83 Colonial Grey

Solid with Printed Cuff

Solid with printed border

01/18

White/Ice

01/65

White/Pink Pearl

01/01

White/ White

15/83

Ivory/ Colonial Grey

EMBROIDERY

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Ascanio Embroidery

Falesia Embroidery

01/77

01/82

88/83

01/91

White/Silver Grey

01/18

01/30

01/76

01/77

15/88

15/90

White/Ice

White/Graphite

White/Silver

Natural/Colonial Grey White/Taupe

White/Sage Green

Ivory/Natural

Broccato Embroidery

White/Aqua View

Ivory/Light Sand

JACQUARD 01

White

01/25

White/ Charcoal Grey

15/09

Ivory/Beije

Cleopatra Jacquard 83

Colonial Grey

01/50

White/ Aquamarine

15/91

Ivory/Taupe

01/83

White/ Colonial Grey

15/30

88

Natural

Colors on Raso cotton sateen insert

White/ Sage Green

15/83

Ivory/ Colonial Grey

83/83

Colonial Grey/ Colonial Grey

88/88

Natural/ Natural

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INSERT

Eliseo Border Insert

COVERLET

Ascanio Piquet

01/15

White/Ivory

01/23

White/ Foggy Dew

01/18

White/Ice

01

White

01/28

White/ Lily Pad Green

Ortisei Quilt 01/65

White/ Pink Pearl

01/83

White/ Colonial Grey

15

Ivory

77

Silver Grey

01/90

Natural/ Light Sand

82

Graphite

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CUSHIONS

Ascanio

Ortisei Quilt CUSHION - 45x45 cm

CUSHION - 45x45 cm LUMBAR - 36x53 cm

LUMBAR - 36x53 cm

15

Ivory

01/77

White/Silver Grey

01/82

White/Graphite

77

Silver Grey

88/83

Natural/Colonial Grey

01/91

White/Taupe

82

Graphite

Warm elegance, made to be lived