T here aren’t many people who know much about the filling that’s in their duvet. Is it feather? Is it down? And if it’s either, from which birds? Nils Stene is the man to consult about such matters. The Norwegian lawyer spent many of his school holidays with his father and grandfather collecting and cleaning down, and remembers sitting round the table as a child debating the merits of various bird fibres.
Today, as the third-generation CEO of the pillow and duvet company Norvegr — whose clients include Belmond hotels and trains, international interior designers, and the owners of private jets and yachts — he can tell you pretty much anything you ever wanted to know about the uses and attributes of various kinds of avian fluff..
