Hotel bedding

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Hotel bedding are made of high-thread count sheets to emulate the highest quality bedding materials that hotels are using and are well known for their neutral colors. Hotels use the highest quality bedding materials to maximize comfort for their customers. To emulate the highest quality bedding materials, Hotel bedding collection use 330-thread count.

[edit] Common bedding materials

[edit] Terminology

Bed Skirt (also Bed Ruffle, Dust Ruffle): A decorative piece used to cover the boxspring and legs of the bed. It fits between the mattress and boxspring and hangs to the floor.

Bed Spread: A bed cover with sides that go to the floor. This does not require a bed skirt.

Boudoir Pillows (or Breakfast Pillows): Small rectangular decorative throw pillows.

Comforter: A filled (with down, primaloft, etc) bed cover.

Drop: The length of a bed skirt.

Duvet Cover: A decorative and protective covering for a duvet. Most duvet covers have a button or tie closure at one end.

European Sham (or Euro Sham): A decorative pillow covering which fits a 26” x 26” pillow (or a super euro pillow that is 28 x 28). These are often placed behind the standard size pillow shams as a backdrop for all of the other pillows.

Flanged: Including a decorative band of fabric that is straight or tailored; often used to describe pillows or pillow shams

Neckroll: Small cylindrical decorative throw pillows

Pillow Shams: Decorative coverings for pillows, often designed with trims, ruffles, flanges, or cording. Shams are normally placed in front of the pillows used to sleep on, which would be covered with regular pillowcases.

Pleated: Sewn in folds like a fan

Tailored: Fitted closely ie made to fit the bed exactly

Thread Count: The number of thread ends per square inch in a woven fabric

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