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Mattress fabrics can be knits, damask or printed wovens, or inexpensive non-wovens. During the past decade, along with the rise in popularity of all-foam beds, stretchy knit ticking on the bed's top panel has become a standard look on both innerspring and foam beds. Most ticking is made with polyester yarns.
An upper and lower woman house at Balgonie Castle in 1675 had lint-wheels, dairy, and laundry equipment. At both castles the womanhouses had beds for the women. Annabell Murray, Countess of Mar (died 1603) left a legacy to Janet Scobie and to the three women who worked in the womanhouse with her, and to the lavendar (laundress).
Although there were beds in Sumeria, most people slept on the floor rather than beds. [8] The Sumerian bed was a wooden bed on a wooden frame. The bed frame was a tall head-board decorated with pictures of birds and flowers. [9] Sometimes the bed's leg would be inlaid with precious metals and shaped to look like animal's paws. [2]
Image credits: undiscoveredh1story Nowadays, we consume tons of visual media. Videos, photos, cinema, and TV can help us learn new things every day. However, they can just as easily misinform us.
Box-bed in Austria. A small box-bed (also known as a closed bed, close bed, or enclosed bed; less commonly, shut-bed [1]) is an enclosed bed made to look like a cupboard, half-opened or not. The form originates in western European late medieval furniture. The box-bed is closed on all sides by panels of wood.
Temporary beds include the inflatable air mattress and the folding camp cot. Some beds contain neither a padded mattress nor a bed frame, such as the hammock. Other beds are made specifically for animals. Beds may have a headboard for resting against, and may have side rails and footboards. "Headboard only" beds may incorporate a "dust ruffle ...
These photos of flight attendants throughout history show how much the industry has changed. From the uniforms to the job requirements, the role is different. 40 Historical Pictures of Flight ...
One of the first African-American women to receive a United States patent Sarah Elisabeth Goode (1855 – April 8, 1905) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. She was one of the first known African American women to receive a United States patent , which she received in 1885 for her cabinet bed.