Traditionally, we believe linenspillow cases, sheets, duvet covers, made of cotton, linen or silk fabrics. But the ancestors of modern bed linen were straw, grass, leaves, animal skins, mats, and the poor people got along without it.

Civilized linens appeared onlythe fifteenth century. Then in Italy became fashionable white sheets, tablecloths, napkins and towels. All the clothes were handmade, so it was considered a luxury item, and was available only for the rich people. It is stated in wills, being transferred by inheritance, and served as an integral part of the dowry for a rich bride.

In the seventeenth century Holland and Saxony begancenters for the manufacture of linen. While especially popular it was linen sheets and linen damask silk. Each piece of linen was a masterpiece and is celebrated sign of the master and the area in which it was made.

Lace and embroidery have always been considered indispensableSatellites of bed linen and gave him elegance. In the seventeenth century, lingerie, adorned with Dresden lace in the Rococo style, was especially in demand. In the eighteenth appeared a fashion for Brabant lace. This fashion appeared in the? Russia. Peter the First invited thirty Flemish nuns to teach girls - orphans from the Novodevichy monastery the art of weaving lace.
Generally in? Russia's custom to make bed linensIt appeared in the middle of the eighteenth century. Manufactory factory of the landowner Protasova from Mtsensk district of Oryol province contained hundreds of skilled workers whose products were exported to England and Turkey.

In the late nineteenth century, the Russian linen was made in monasteries. It is made of linen and muslin.

Familiar bedding sets today appeared only after the Second World War, when the bedding issue was massive. Then there was cotton, Coarse and colored clothes.
Today, bed linen was indispensableattribute of our life. Its main purpose - comfortable at rest. Therefore it is primarily should clean air permeable, hygroscopic and stable. Well, and, of course, beautiful. All these qualities correspond underwear made of cotton, linen or silk. Synthetic fabrics can be both durable and beautiful, but the body during sleep practically resting on these tissues.