Weave Yourself Some Cherished Memories

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

Booth Tarkington

A Google search for “the most expensive cushion” returns numerous results about a physiotherapist from the Netherlands who has designed and created a pillow that costs $57,000. The Manual of Modern Luxury has more details about this cushion that’s tailor made for each user, is made from fabric of Egyptian cotton, and comes studded with gold, sapphire, and diamonds.

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About the author

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered United States greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film.