Bedding
Bedding refers to materials that make up a bed (generally excluding the mattress, box spring and bed frame, which are less portable). Down materials are often used for warmth in bedding. Also to seek bedding means a person will retire for sleep, to his or her bedding.
Common bedding materials
- Cotton
- Flannel
- Wool
- Down
- Satin
- Polysatin
- Polyester
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Everyone can assume that the first people on the planet made their beds on the Earth. Some may have simply fallen down and sleep where they were, while others may have made a point to gather and make a soft bed out of leaves, or soft mounds of dirt. Whatever the case, it was only around 3400 BC when Egyptian pharaohs had their beds moved off the ground and slept on a raised surface.
The Roman Empire was the beginning of the first luxury bed. The mattresses were stuff with wool, feather, reeds or hay. They were decorated with paint, bronze, silver, jewels and gold. The Romans were also the ones who slept on the first water bed. It is said that people of the upper class would recline in water, and once asleep they would be lifted into a rocking bed.
In the Renaissance, mattresses were stuffed with the usual straw and feathers, but then the outer covering of the mattress was then covered, again, with silks, velvets or satin material. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, mattresses were still made this way, but placed on a rope of beds that kept them off the floor.
The arrival of the 18th century brought bed frames made from cast iron, and mattress that were made of cotton. This quickly did away with much of the vermin that would nest in mattresses that were stuffed with organic matter. The 19th century saw the invention of the bed spring, or more commonly known name, box spring.
The 20th century brought the inner spring mattress, futon, foam rubber mattresses and pillows. Waterbeds were all the rage on the market during the 1960's, as well as adjustable beds for the ill, or elderly. Airbeds are now available, as well as blow up mattresses.
We have come a long way from sleeping on the ground, and the bedding industry is big business.
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