Bed Linen Blog: High Quality Bed Linen & Bedding

It is probably from the Renaissance when bed linens were first used to not only to give warmth but also to give a decorative effect to a bed and bedroom. In those days silks and velvets were stuffed with feathers and in some cases straw to make bedding that not only trapped heat but also would be the height of luxury. Over the years the bedpread has taken on more traditional forms, most notably in the shape of the eiderdown, where patterns would be stitched over material filled with either man made or natural fibres, the eiderdown would only cover the top of the bed leaving the sides open. More modern bedspreads are made to fit the entire bed covering the top and the sides, this can be made as a flat bed throw where a large piece of fabric is pattern matched and backed, this will cover the whole bed and can be folded back to also act as a bed runner accross the foot of the bed. Fitted Bedspreads are also popular, these are made with a piece that covers the top of the bed and then has a frill that runs around the outside and will cover the sides of the bed to the floor. A more modern take on this sort of bed decoration is the bed runner which as the name suggests runs along the foot of the bed, this is purely a decorative linen that has become more popular with the ifluence of hotel chic bedding. Many examples of these types of bedspreads can be found over at victoria linen co where bespoke bedspreads are manufactured in standard and larger sizes.