Taking A Step Back In The History Of The Fitted Sheet

By Author: Baudouin Deboulle
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Every day of our lives, we are surrounded by the most ordinary items that make our lives easy and comfortable and yet we hardly ever notice them. We never think about how these items came into existence and we often only give them a few seconds of thought when we don’t have access to them. Just think about the corkscrew opener, the can opener, the clothing iron or even fitted sheets. Yes, the conventional fitted sheet is one of the items that make our lives much easier and saves us quite a bit of time daily as it simply makes the process of making your bed so much easier and less time-consuming. Still, we don’t think about where does this design come from or who was first to make their beds this way.

The team at Linenshed AUS has built themselves a trusted and highly regarded name in bed linen markets on an international scale. They manufacture the most luxurious linen bedding from premium quality flax fibres. The team has been supplying the world with their premium products for nearly a decade, but as French natives, they have a much longer history in the linen industry, making them experts in the field and willing ...
... to share their passion for all bedlinen items, such as the single fitted sheet.

For the longest time, the only way to fold a flat sheet over a mattress was by using the hospital technique. This was a technique many struggled to master and while it took a lot of time, there would still be some nights when you would wake up strangled by a sheet that moved out of place and turned into a floating piece of fabric on top of your mattress. This was before 1959 when the African American woman, Bertha Berman patented the design for a fitted sheet. These sheets showcased a design where the corners were stitched to fit snug over the mattress corners. While the design was still not perfect, it was a major step in the right direction.

However, it was only much later in 1990, when Gisele Jubinville created the first fitted sheet ever. This sheet had deeper pockets and she pulled it in with an elastic. The design stayed snug on the mattress for much longer as it offered a much more secure fit and the best of it all was that the design made making your bed much faster. Jubinville sold her patent in 1993 and made a massive $1 million from this sale.
Today, it is almost impossible to believe that the sheet we sleep on every night has such an interesting history. Yet, this is the kind of item that you’ll find on the online platform of the team at Linenshed AUS. Their collection of fitted sheets is available in a wide range of colour options such as brick and olive green, or even French blue and jet black. All their linen items, including these fitted sheets, feature the most outstanding quality French linen made from the best of the flaxseed harvest. To ensure their persistent quality, the Linenshed AUS team handpick all of their raw material and then manufacture their products according to customer specification to ensure complete satisfaction with every delivery.

Thus, while you enjoy the most comfortable night of peaceful sleep, you now know that these minor things that contribute in such a great manner to your quality of life also have a long and interesting history and deserves a little appreciation. While there are so many things we take for granted in our modern lifestyles, there has been a time when the ones that came before us, had to struggle until they found the solutions we enjoy today.

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Since 2012, our team at Linenshed AUS is working hard to deliver only customer satisfaction with each order we manufacture and ship to our clients globally. The entire linen culture is something that excites us and we are proud to be part of this culture and that we can help to expand it even further in modern society. We are always working on expanding and improving our services and product ranges. The ranges we offer are quite extensive and we also offer you the freedom to add certain bespoke features to your order. Visit our website https://www.linenshed.com.au/and learn more about the many benefits you can enjoy when switching over to linen.