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A general look at beds and bedding across the later medieval and early modern period. Much of it will focus on information that has been gathered from wills, and from 16th century probate inventories.
1 sty 2022 · Beds became increasingly simpler as they were no longer for show but were more focused on convenience and comfort. The invention of the innerspring mattress, followed by the box spring in the late 1800s, gave more support and stability to mattresses and helped people attain more comfortable sleep.
9 lip 2007 · The book's subtitle The Bed from Antiquity to Now impresses by its enormous time span, and suggests an account of the historic development of the bed in Western civilization. This suggestion proves to be wrong, however, for its scope is even broader.
Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bed Louis XIV ruled France from his bedchamber. Winston Churchill governed B...
“The history of the bed”, Wright (1962: viii) writes, “is interwoven with the histories of social, sexual and sanitary attitudes, of architecture and building, on interior decoration and furniture.” Yet, the bed has received almost no attention from social scientists. Why?
1 sty 2006 · Design guidance for this group of older people is limited. This study concerned the exploration and generation of innovative environmental enrichment scenarios for bed-ridden residents.
12 maj 2020 · PDF | On May 12, 2020, Hilary Hinds published A Cultural History of Twin Beds | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
