A comforter (in American English), then known as a doona in Australian English,[1] or a continental quilt (or helpfully quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled with insulative materials for warmth, traditionally the length of or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and supplementary the length of exchange fibers. following quilts, comforters are generally laid over a top bed sheet (and sometimes afterward blankets). Duvets are out of the ordinary form of quilt, traditionally filled subsequent to feathers, even though before the late 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or beside alternatives.
A comforter is sometimes covered for protection and prolonged use. Comforter covers are thesame in principle to pillowcases, usually closed similar to zippers or buttons.
In the joined Kingdom the term comforter is not generally used. It is instead called a quilt (or continental quilt), duvet or an eiderdown. A duvet differs in that it is thicker and usually used without blankets or other sheets.
Sometimes a comforter is sold as allowance of a "bed in a bag", usually a proceedings of some sort like handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the same or a matching pattern: comforter and top sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase(s), and perhaps pillow sham(s). Some sets have a duvet and duvet lid (more popular in Europe) in place of a comforter and top sheet. More deluxe sets may count a bed skirt and pillows.
Comforters are usually used in the winter season afterward it is utterly cold, although a variety of swap thicknesses means that they can be used in additional seasons as well, taking into consideration lighter examples innate used in warmer weather. Due to the thickness of a comforter or the amount of down/feathers or new filling it has, a person is insulated next to cold.
Comforter sizes assent considering bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes direct slightly larger than mattress sizes to permit for draping beyond the sides of the bed. Typical sizes in the associated States for comforters are:
Twin Bed = 64 in (163 cm) width 87 in (221 cm) length
Queen Bed / Full = 87 in (221 cm) width 87 in (221 cm) length
King Bed = 101 in (257 cm) width 90 in (229 cm) length
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