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  2. Frette - Wikipedia

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    Frette (/ f r ɛ ˈ t eɪ / [1] freh-TAY) is an Italian textile company that manufactures bed and bath linens. Established in Grenoble, France, in 1860, it was relocated to Concorezzo, Italy, five years later.

  3. Duvet - Wikipedia

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    A bed with a duvet. A duvet (UK: / ˈ d uː v eɪ / DOO-vay, US: / d uː ˈ v eɪ / doo-VAY; [1] [2] from French duvet 'down'), usually called a comforter or (down-filled) quilt in American English, [3] [4] [5] and a doona in Australian English, [6] is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with either down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is ...

  4. French furniture - Wikipedia

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    Secrétaire à abattant by Jean-François Leleu, Paris, ca 1770 (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris). French furniture comprises both the most sophisticated furniture made in Paris for king and court, aristocrats and rich upper bourgeoisie, on the one hand, and French provincial furniture made in the provincial cities and towns many of which, like Lyon and Liège, retained cultural identities ...

  5. Box-bed - Wikipedia

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    In Brittany, the closed-bed (French: lit-clos) (Breton: gwele-kloz) is a traditional furnishing. In homes with only one room, the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. It was the main furniture of rural houses in Brittany until the 20th century.

  6. Linens - Wikipedia

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    A French armoire with home linens arranged in a traditional manner, with embroidered dust covers over the shelves. The earliest known household linens were made from thin yarn spun from flax fibres to make linen cloth. Ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Phoenicia all cultivated flax crops. The earliest surviving fragments of linen cloth have been ...

  7. Hemp in France - Wikipedia

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    Hemp rope-making machine at Arsenal de Rochefort. There is archaeological evidence that Neolithic Europeans used hemp cloth in what is now Southern France 4,000 years BP. [1] [2] Hemp was introduced as a crop from Central and East Asia to Europe by the Scythians during the Bronze Age, and it was cultivated in France by 1000 CE and used for a number of purposes including canvas for sails and ...

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