Bed Linen

How did your grandmother wash heavy wool blankets? With difficulty is the answer.

Even if there had been washing machines several generations ago, old-fashioned blankets would have shrunk at high temperatures. Now machine-washable bed linen uses natural fibres like cotton with man-made polyester or viscose.

Luxury feather-filled cushions sometimes have polyester and nylon covers. Synthetic duvets are not only extra light but also extremely warm. All synthetic duvets are machine washable at 60 degrees C – the temperature at which dust mites are killed. As dust mites are one of the main causes of asthma, that’s what you call healthy technology.