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 taking into account insulative materials for warmth, traditionally alongside or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and new by the side of stand-in fibers. afterward quilts, comforters are generally laid on top of a top bed sheet (and sometimes after that blankets). Duvets are complementary form of quilt, traditionally filled bearing in mind feathers, even though before the tardy 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or the length of alternatives.
A comforter is sometimes covered for support and prolonged use. Comforter covers are thesame in principle to pillowcases, usually closed once zippers or buttons.
In the allied 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 portion of a "bed in a bag", usually a combat of some sort next handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the thesame or a matching pattern: comforter and summit sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase(s), and perhaps pillow sham(s). Some sets have a duvet and duvet lid (more popular in Europe) in area of a comforter and summit sheet. More deluxe sets may count up a bed skirt and pillows.
Comforters are usually used in the winter season behind it is completely cold, although a variety of substitute thicknesses means that they can be used in additional seasons as well, subsequently lighter examples bodily used in warmer weather. Due to the thickness of a comforter or the amount of down/feathers or other filling it has, a person is insulated against cold.
Comforter sizes be in agreement with bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes run slightly larger than mattress sizes to permit for draping higher than the sides of the bed. Typical sizes in the united 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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