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28 sty 2024 · From beds for Roman newlyweds, to "hangover" benches for 19th-Century workers: the pursuit of a good night's sleep has followed us through the ages.
- The evolution of the modern bedroom
Sleeping arrangements today aren't too distant from those...
- The evolution of the modern bedroom
22 lut 2024 · Beds are an indispensable furniture in our lives, but have you ever wondered, who invented the bed? Discover the captivating history of this essential piece of furniture.
The very first modern spring mattress was thought of and created by Heinrich Westphal in Germany in 1871. Unfortunately, it never gained the recognition it deserved while he was alive and he spent the rest of his life living in poverty.
3 lis 2017 · Sleeping arrangements today aren't too distant from those 77,000 years ago. In a series looking at the evolution of the home, Jonathan Glancey explores the history of the bedroom.
12 mar 2019 · History of Sleep in the Modern World – Mattress Advances. In the post-Renaissance West, advances in the technology of good sleep were mostly minor. Then, in 1871, a major step forward. A German inventor, Heinrich Westphal, patented the first innerspring mattress and it remains our most popular sleep surface today.
24 paź 2019 · The first beds. The earliest known bed, made of woven weeds and rushes, was found in a 77,000-year-old cave in South Africa. “You’d think they would have been full of bugs, but people lined them and covered themselves with a bundle of grasses from the nearby river, which acted as insect repellent,” says Fagan, professor emeritus of ...
2 paź 2021 · Early History. The bed develops as humans began to built long-term settlements or more permanent dwelling places by around 8000-7000 BCE. Before this time, beds were mostly ad hoc construction that would have been made from surrounding materials (e.g., straw or twigs) and often discarded as human populations moved or easily packed.
