Description
The Box Spring Reinvented by Auping
The Auping Criade is Auping’s answer to the traditional box spring — a richly padded, upholstered bed system that combines the visual warmth of fabric upholstery with the engineering rigour that defines everything Auping makes. Conceived by Auping’s design studio in 2009, the Criade’s defining feature is its signature steel frame — a slender horizontal line that carries the entire design, provides structural strength with only four legs, and creates an immediately recognisable Auping aesthetic. It is the box spring for those who refuse to choose between comfort, design, and quality.
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Auping Mesh Base + Pocket Springs Inside the Box
What distinguishes the Criade from a standard upholstered bed is what is inside the box — and this is where Auping’s sleep engineering heritage makes itself felt.
The Criade’s box is not simply a padded platform. Inside, it contains the Auping mesh base — the same braided steel diagonal mesh providing 80% open airspace and 10,000 support points as the standalone Auping bases — together with pocket springs. This combination creates a richly padded box spring with genuinely superior ventilation and support performance.
The 80% open airspace of the mesh base ensures continuous airflow through the box spring — removing heat and moisture from beneath the mattress. The pocket springs in the box and in the mattress provide individual support that moves with the body, reducing partner disturbance and maintaining consistent support across the full sleeping surface.
The result is a box spring that sleeps as good as it looks — with the ventilation and support properties that standard foam-platform box springs cannot match. The Auping logo is hand-embroidered on the side of the box in a yarn colour matched to the steel frame — a detail that reflects the craft attention applied throughout.
The Steel Frame — Signature Design, Four Legs
The Criade’s steel frame is its most distinctive design element — a horizontal line connecting the two box springs in a double configuration, carrying the design and providing the structural integrity that makes four legs sufficient where most box springs require eight.
This is a direct reference to Auping’s design heritage — the slender horizontal lines of the Criade echo the horizontal lines of earlier Auping classics such as the Cleopatra (1953) by Dick Cordemeijer, and reflect the same horizontal line in Auping’s own logo. Design continuity from 1953 expressed in a contemporary box spring.
The steel frame is powder-coated in 10 colours: Deep black, Pure white, Cool grey, Warm grey, Sand beige, Pine green, Blush, Night blue, Dusty red, and Royal blue. The frame colour is a primary design choice — it provides a visible accent line between the upholstered box and the floor.
The refined legs give the Criade an airy feel, and the headboard and footboard rest directly on the frame, leaving the floor free beneath the bed — a design detail that contributes significantly to the floating, uncluttered visual quality of the bed.
95 Fabric Options — Fully Hand-Upholstered
The upholstery of the Criade’s box, headboard, and footboard is chosen from 95 different fabric options organised in five groups — from basic uni-colour polyester fabrics (Group A) through structured high-cuddle-factor fabrics (Group B) to warm graphic fabrics (Group C) and luxurious exclusive fabrics (Group E including Plecto, Sprinkles, and Jaali).
All headboards and footboards are hand-upholstered in Auping’s sewing workshop in Deventer — the fabric is fitted by hand to ensure perfect alignment at every seam and corner. The headboard and footboard are upholstered on all sides, meaning the Criade can be placed as an eye-catcher in the middle of the bedroom, not just against a wall.
Four Headboard and Three Footboard Styles
The Criade is available with four headboard styles: Plain (rectangular, sleek), Bend (two-piece curved), Square (high, quilted, finished with round buttons), and Cushion (soft, loose-upholstered, finished with elongated metal rods in the frame colour). Three matching footboard options complete the configuration.
Sleep Gallery holds Auping’s full Criade catalogue — visit our showroom in central Tbilisi or speak to our sleep experts at 596 14 9977 to configure your frame colour, fabric, headboard style, and size.
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Free Delivery and Professional Assembly in Tbilisi
The Auping Criade is delivered and assembled in your home free of charge in Tbilisi by Sleep Gallery’s professional team.
Product Details
- Type: box spring — Auping mesh base + pocket springs inside box
- Ventilation: 80% open airspace (mesh base inside)
- Frame: powder-coated steel — 10 frame colours
- Upholstery: 95 fabric options in 5 fabric groups
- Headboards: 4 styles — Plain, Bend, Square, Cushion (all hand-upholstered)
- Footboards: 3 styles — Plain, Bend, Square
- Legs: 4 refined tapered legs (vs 8 on standard box springs)
- Optional: electric adjustable base
- Designed by: Auping Design Studio (2009)
- Made in Netherlands (B Corp certified factory, Deventer)
- Brand: Auping (Netherlands, founded 1888)
- Delivery and assembly: free in Tbilisi
FAQ:
Q: What is a box spring and how does the Criade differ from a standard box spring?
A box spring is a bed system where the sleeping surface sits on a padded, upholstered box unit that contains a support foundation inside — rather than a separate visible bed frame with a dropped-in base. The mattress sits on top of the box, and the box and mattress together form the full sleeping height of the bed.
Standard box springs typically use a foam platform or basic spring system inside the box and rely on eight or more legs for structural support. The upholstered exterior provides the visual character, but the internal engineering is often basic.
The Criade differs in two specific ways. First, internally: the box contains an Auping mesh base (80% open airspace, 10,000 support points) together with pocket springs — a combination that delivers Auping’s mesh ventilation performance and pocket spring body-movement compliance inside the upholstered box. Standard box springs with foam platforms cannot match this ventilation or the individual pocket spring support.
Second, structurally: the signature steel frame provides the structural integrity that allows only four legs rather than eight — the frame carries the design load that additional legs would normally provide. This is an engineering decision that also produces the cleaner, more architectural visual quality of the Criade versus the crowded-leg profile of standard box springs.
Q: How does the pocket spring and mesh base combination inside the box affect sleep quality?
The combination of Auping mesh base and pocket springs inside the Criade’s box creates a sleeping foundation with properties that a solid foam platform cannot replicate.
The mesh base provides 80% open airspace throughout the box spring — air circulates continuously from below, removing heat and moisture and maintaining a cooler sleeping environment. Foam platform box springs seal the interior, trapping heat and reducing the breathability of the sleeping system.
The pocket springs — individual fabric-wrapped coils that respond independently — provide adaptive support that flexes with the body’s weight and movement. Each spring moves only in response to the load directly above it rather than as part of a connected system. This reduces partner disturbance (movement on one side of the bed is not transmitted to the other) and maintains consistent support at each contact point throughout the night.
The pocket springs in the box and in the mattress above work together as a double spring system — the combination provides a specifically responsive, gently yielding sleeping surface that neither springs alone nor foam could achieve.
Q: Can the Criade be used with an electric adjustable base for reading and therapeutic positioning?
Yes — the Criade is available with an electric adjustable base option. This gives the Criade the full ergonomic adjustment capability of Auping’s adjustable mesh bases — continuous variable adjustment of the back and leg sections, Smart Base smartphone control, and all the therapeutic and comfort positioning benefits of electric adjustment — within the visual format of a fully upholstered box spring.
Widths of 120cm and 140cm can also be electrically adjustable — making the Criade suitable for single sleepers or couples in a smaller bedroom who want the comfort of a box spring and the functionality of an adjustable base.
Speak to our sleep experts at 596 14 9977 to discuss the adjustable base option and ensure it is included in your Criade configuration.
Q: How do I choose between the four headboard styles — what does each suit?
The four Criade headboard styles each suit a different bedroom aesthetic and personal preference:
Plain — a rectangular, clean-lined headboard with a sleek, minimal character. It suits those who want the Criade’s steel-and-fabric design language without additional visual complexity in the headboard. The most contemporary and architecturally neutral choice.
Bend — a two-piece curved headboard with rounded details. It introduces softness and movement into the headboard design — less angular than Plain, more organic. It suits bedrooms with curved or mixed design elements.
Square — a high headboard, quilted and finished with round buttons. The most classically luxurious option — the tufted finish and additional height give the bedroom a hotel suite quality. It suits those who want the Criade to make a strong design statement.
Cushion — a soft, loosely upholstered headboard finished with elongated metal rods in the frame colour. The most tactile and cosy option — it is designed to be leaned against comfortably for reading. The metal rods create an architectural detail that connects directly to the steel frame.
All four are hand-upholstered on all sides in Auping’s workshop in Deventer.
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Q: The Auping Criade costs more than standard box springs — what justifies the price?
The price reflects four specific distinctions.
First, the internal engineering: an Auping mesh base (80% open airspace, 10,000 support points) combined with pocket springs inside the box is a significantly more expensive and more performance-oriented construction than the foam platforms used in standard box springs.
Second, the steel frame: powder-coated steel providing structural integrity on four legs — rather than the eight legs that compensate for structural weakness in standard box spring designs — requires more precise engineering and a more expensive material than standard box spring frames.
Third, the upholstery: hand-upholstered headboards and footboards in Auping’s Deventer workshop, chosen from 95 fabric options in five quality groups, with the Auping logo hand-embroidered in a matched yarn colour on the box side. This level of craft finishing is not available from volume box spring manufacturers.
Fourth, manufacturing: made in Auping’s own B Corp certified factory in Deventer, Netherlands, by craftspeople who combine handwork and technology to standards that reflect 135 years of bed manufacturing expertise.
Free delivery and professional assembly in Tbilisi. Full Criade catalogue — all 10 frame colours, all 95 fabrics, all headboard and footboard styles — available through Sleep Gallery.
