A hundred or so years later in , an English writer named Thomas Nugent noticed the use of duvets on his grand tour of Europe. In Victorian Britain, this inspired the creation of the eiderdown, an early form of duvet.
However, they did not replace blankets as Victorians preferred the superior warmth blankets of the time offered. This was the start of the nations love affair with duvets which is still prevalent today! In the modern day, duvets now come in all shapes and sizes. There are many fillings and thicknesses to choose from, depending on your preference.
Individuals who suffer from allergies now have access to anti-allergy duvets, whilst there is a whole host of synthetic fibres and downs to choose from. Sir Terence Conran was in Sweden.
With a girl. And he found himself lying under a strange cover that was a bit like an eiderdown but with no sheets or blankets between him and it. He enquired casually what it was and was informed that it was a Slumberdown quilt. A few years later, he would be the first person to sell duvets in Britain in his new shop on the King's Road in west London.
Habitat opened on 11 May It was selling a lifestyle and stocked new and interesting homewares — the chicken brick, the wok and, of course, the duvet. When the catalogue was launched in , it became a coffee-table book in its own right and the store expanded rapidly throughout the country.
Sir Terence recalls: "People do credit me with bringing the duvet to Britain. I had been in Sweden in the s and was given a duvet to sleep under. Duvets make it far easier to make a bed than before. Did you really ever learn how to make hospital corners?
The duvet is such a practical way to make a bed and if you choose the appropriate duvet for you, makes for a really good nights sleep. Some sources state that the Chinese were the first people to use duvets and that was a long time ago, around B. My research though shows that an English gentleman, Paul Rycaut A. Duvets were apparently already in use in Germany.
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