Abstract: A hammock without spreader bars comprises a plurality of fabric panels. The fabric panels consist of cutout sections of a micromesh fabric of substantially biconvex form, which are attached to one another at their edges to form a bed. The biconvex fabric panels are joined, preferably sewn, to one another in a pretensioning position along the line at which the individual sections of fabric are joined, whereby in its suspended state the bed of the hammock is substantially open, i.e. laterally extended.