A comforter (in American English), furthermore known as a doona in Australian English,[1] or a continental quilt (or handily quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled subsequent to insulative materials for warmth, traditionally the length of or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and other alongside every other fibers. in the same way as quilts, comforters are generally laid greater than a summit bed sheet (and sometimes furthermore blankets). Duvets are other form of quilt, traditionally filled like feathers, while previously the tardy 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or next to alternatives.
A comforter is sometimes covered for support and prolonged use. Comforter covers are thesame in principle to pillowcases, usually closed next zippers or buttons.
In the allied Kingdom the term comforter is not generally used. It is on the other hand called a quilt (or continental quilt), duvet or an eiderdown. A duvet differs in that it is thicker and usually used without blankets or extra sheets.
Sometimes a comforter is sold as portion of a "bed in a bag", usually a achievement of some sort afterward handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the same or a matching pattern: comforter and summit sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase(s), and perhaps pillow sham(s). Some sets have a duvet and duvet cover (more well-liked in Europe) in area of a comforter and summit sheet. More deluxe sets may tally a bed skirt and pillows.
Comforters are usually used in the winter season when it is categorically cold, although a variety of vary thicknesses means that they can be used in other seasons as well, gone lighter examples bodily used in warmer weather. Due to the thickness of a comforter or the amount of down/feathers or additional filling it has, a person is insulated neighboring cold.
Comforter sizes acquiesce subsequently bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes run slightly larger than mattress sizes to allow for draping higher than the sides of the bed. Typical sizes in the joined 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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