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Bedding refers to the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for warmth. Bedding excludes the mattress
Mattress

A 'mattress' is a mat or pad, usually placed on top of a bed, upon which to sleep or lie.The word mattress is derived from Arabic language words meaning "to throw" and "place where something is thrown" or "mat, cushion." During the Crusades, Europeans adopted the Arabic method of sleeping on cushions thrown on the floor, and the word m...
, box spring
Box-spring

A box-spring is a hard sturdy wooden frame, covered in cloth, containing spring or some other form of torsion . Usually the box-spring is placed on top of a wooden or metal bedframe which sits on the floor and acts as a brace....
 and bed frame. Down materials are often used for warmth in bedding. To seek bedding means a person will retire for sleep, to his or her bedding.

History Around 3400 BC Egyptian pharaoh
Pharaoh

Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
s had their beds moved off the ground and slept on a raised surface.

Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 mattresses were stuffed with wool, feather, reeds or hay.






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Bedding refers to the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for warmth. Bedding excludes the mattress
Mattress

A 'mattress' is a mat or pad, usually placed on top of a bed, upon which to sleep or lie.The word mattress is derived from Arabic language words meaning "to throw" and "place where something is thrown" or "mat, cushion." During the Crusades, Europeans adopted the Arabic method of sleeping on cushions thrown on the floor, and the word m...
, box spring
Box-spring

A box-spring is a hard sturdy wooden frame, covered in cloth, containing spring or some other form of torsion . Usually the box-spring is placed on top of a wooden or metal bedframe which sits on the floor and acts as a brace....
 and bed frame. Down materials are often used for warmth in bedding. To seek bedding means a person will retire for sleep, to his or her bedding.

Bedding materials


  • Cotton
    Cotton

    Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
  • Flannel
    Flannel

    Flannel is a soft #Weave fabric, of various fineness. It usually doesn't have a nap , and instead gains its softness through the loosely spun yarn it is woven from....
  • Down
    Down feathers

    The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Down is a fine thermal insulator and padding, used in goods such as jackets, bedding, pillows and sleeping bags....
  • Polysatin
  • Polyester
    Polyester

    Polyester is a category of polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although there are many polyesters, the term "polyester" as a specific material most commonly refers to polyethylene terephthalate ....
  • Satin
    Satin

    Satin is a cloth that typically has a glossy surface and a dull back. It is a warp -dominated weaving technique that forms a minimum number of interlacings in a fabric....
  • Silk
    Silk

    Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be weaving into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from Pupa#Cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity ....
  • Wool
    Wool

    Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
  • Natural Latex


History

Around 3400 BC Egyptian pharaoh
Pharaoh

Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
s had their beds moved off the ground and slept on a raised surface.

Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 mattresses were stuffed with wool, feather, reeds or hay. The beds were decorated with paint, bronze, silver, jewels and gold.

During the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
, mattresses were stuffed with straw and feathers and then covered with silks, velvets or satin material.

The arrival of the 18th century brought bed frames made from cast iron
Cast iron

Cast iron usually refers to Gray iron, but also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys, which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy....
, and mattresses that were made of cotton. The 19th century saw the invention of the bed spring, also called the box spring.

The 20th century brought the inner spring mattress, futon
Futon

A is a flat, about thick mattress with a fabric exterior stuffed with cotton or synthetic batting that makes up a Japanese bed . They are sold in Japan at speciality stores called futon-ya as well as at department stores....
, water bed (starting in the 1960s), air mattresses, foam rubber mattresses and pillows.

Terminology


, c. 1890. Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premiere fine arts colleges, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, The Art Institute of Chicago, but is not related to, nor should be confused with, the chain of schools known as The Art Institutes....
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Bed Skirt (also Bed Ruffle, Dust Ruffle or Valance): A decorative piece used to cover the boxspring and legs of the bed. It fits between the mattress and boxspring and hangs to the floor.

Bed Spread: A bed cover with sides that go to the floor. This does not require a bed skirt.

Boudoir Pillows (or Breakfast Pillows): Small rectangular decorative throw pillows.

Comforter: A filled bed cover that is quilted and usually reversible. They require a bed skirt to complete the look, as the sides only go about halfway to the floor.

Drop: The length of a bed skirt.

Duvet Cover: A decorative and protective covering for a duvet
Duvet

A duvet is a type of bedding ? a soft flat bag traditionally filled with down feathers or feathers, or a combination of both and used on a bed as a blanket....
. Most duvet covers have a button or tie closure at one end.

European Sham (or Euro Sham): A decorative pillow covering which fits a large 26” x 26” pillow. These are often placed behind the standard size pillow shams as a backdrop for all of the other pillows.

Flanged: Including a decorative band of fabric that is straight or tailored; often used to describe pillows or pillow shams

Neckroll: Small cylindrical decorative throw pillows

Pillow Shams: Decorative coverings for pillows, often designed with trims, ruffles, flanges, or cording. Shams are normally placed behind the pillows used to sleep on, which would be covered with regular pillowcases.

Pleated: Sewn in folds like a fan

Tailored: Fitted closely ie made to fit the bed exactly

Thread Count: The number of thread ends per square inch in a woven fabric

See also

  • Bed sheet
    Bed sheet

    A bed sheet is a large piece of cloth used to cover a mattress. It is this sheet that one typically lies on.In many areas of the world a second flat bed sheet is laid on top of the sheet covering the mattress....
  • Blanket
    Blanket

    A blanket is a type of bedding, generally speaking a large piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while sleeping. Blankets are distinguished from Bed sheets by their thickness and purpose; the thickest sheet is still thinner than the lightest blanket, because blankets are for warmth, while sheets are for hygiene, comfort...
  • Comforter
    Comforter

    A comforter is a type of blanket. Comforters are intended to keep the user warm, especially during sleep, although they can also be used as mattress pads....
  • Duvet
    Duvet

    A duvet is a type of bedding ? a soft flat bag traditionally filled with down feathers or feathers, or a combination of both and used on a bed as a blanket....
  • Pillow
    Pillow

    File:Pillows_in_the_corner.jpgA pillow is a large cushion support for the head , usually used while sleeping in a bed, or for the body as used on a couch or chair....
  • Quilt
    Quilt

    A quilt is a type of bedding? a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of Batting , and a layer of fabric for backing, generally combined using the technique of quilting....
  • Futon
    Futon

    A is a flat, about thick mattress with a fabric exterior stuffed with cotton or synthetic batting that makes up a Japanese bed . They are sold in Japan at speciality stores called futon-ya as well as at department stores....
  • Hotel bedding
    Hotel bedding

    Hotel bedding is made up of high-thread count bed sheets, to emulate the highest quality bedding materials that hotels are using and are well known for their neutral colors....