History of Beds

Beds or bed is a furniture or place used as a bed or break. along history, beds have evolved from simple types, such as straw-filled mattresses to luxury fixtures decorated with fabric.  various other types of furniture, beds often seen as a symbol of wealth and social class. Most of the modern bed frames consist of metal or wood (bedstead). Accessories for beds are mattresses for added comfort, fabric cover (sheet), blankets, and pillows. Beds can also function as other furniture, such as a sofa when not in use. The contents of the mattress can be straw, feathers, cotton and filler made. more modern mattresses use springs, hard foam, water, or air.

At the bottom of the mattress, box spring usually is (box spring). This box is a box about the size of a mattress made from wood and springs that provide additional support and suspension for the mattress. The next layer is usually a bed frame that supports the mattress or box per above on the ground. For centuries, the bed was one of the most important manufacturers of furniture in a household

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is a standing symbol. Tudor royal family and nobles showed their wealth through their large four-poster bed and curtains and draperies, advanced and many people are now coveting a wide berth and beautifully designed in their home. Differences in the quality and comfort of the beds are always separated the rich from the poor and continue to do so. While most of us enjoy the luxury of fine Egyptian cotton sheets, the other in the entire world is not ready to sleep with a single fold.

Beds in the ancient world

The first bed was a little more than piles of straw or other natural ingredients to ease the discomfort of lying on the floor, naked cold. The big change occurred when the beds were first on the ground to protect from the wind slept, dirt and parasites. More than 3600 years, Persia goatskins filled with water to create a water bed first. In ancient Egypt, the beds are made of wood and reed mats, and beds serve as a place for eating and entertaining social as well as for sleeping.

In Homer's Odyssey, a bed of Ulysses is described as being made of braided wires, while the ancient Romans had a variety of beds for different purposes. This includes cubicularis lectus, or a bed to sleep in, discubitorius lectus, bed or desk, which up to three people would lie down to eat, and a lectus funebris, where the dead are carried on a pole. In most ancient societies, however, only the rich who enjoy the luxury of sleeping in a bed.

Beds in the Middle Ages

In Saxon England, generally consists of a bed mattress on wooden boards, covered with blankets and fleece blankets. In the last Saxon period, some of the beds have been proposed wooden platform. Once again, this is only the rich who sleep in the bed, and everyone spent the night curled up on the floor around the fire in the great hall

13th century saw the arrival of a canopy or tester, which. suspended by ropes from the beams above the bed. Curtains were hung over to block drafts and light. Bed gradually become more sophisticated address, often incorporating gold fabric and decorative fringe. In the early fourteen century, feather beds were imported from France became popular in UK homes. In wealthy households feather bed placed in the beam tangles (mattress) of straw, with a layer of fabric between the two. This quilt was also at that time.

Canopy beds were first introduced in the fifteen century, probably in Austria. These beds are generally large with carved pillars supporting up to 18 inches in diameter greater than the weight of the wood-paneled testers. Statue on the bed including family crests, monsters, griffins, cupids, and knights, and the curtains and the rugs are highly embroidered with magical colors and exotic designs. When traveling between manor lord, they often take their beds with them. Portable beds known as "roadside" bed and curtains have been called

In 1600, the beds in poor households will consist of a wooden frame with straps or brackets "portable space." Skin. The mattress is a bag of sweet filling, usually straw or wool sometimes, however, a trader can have a feather bed at his home, often with carved backs and submitting.

The origins of the modern bed

In the mid-eighteen century, a wider range of materials to be available quality Bedding linen or cotton used for blankets,. while coconut fiber, cotton, wool and horsehair stuffed mattresses and pillows. At the end of the 19th century, iron and steel frame has largely replaced the traditional wooden beds.

In 1873, Sir James Paget St Bartholomew's Hospital first using water beds to treat and prevent bedsores allowed water-filled pressure evenly across the mattress to the body .. In 1895 a few air mattresses that are sold through correspondence Harrod However due to the lack of suitable materials, water mattress not gain widespread popularity until the vinyl was developed in 1960 ..

In 1900, American William Lawrence Murphy created "Murphy Bed" space-saving, which folded in the closet. 1929 saw the arrival of expensive rubber latex mattresses, and on pocket spring mattress at the same time introduced. It is the individual springs sewn into linked fabric bags.

pocket spring mattress is still sold today throughout the world, although new technology has made it possible to develop alternatives such as memory foam mattress, which is perfect for your body shape and ensure a good night's sleep. From an aesthetic point of view, the beds are made from natural materials such as pine enjoyed a rebirth in popularity.