feather-bedding

Updated: May 12, 2025

Chairs, rare in the early part of the century, were not scarce by 1686, for they are mentioned as caned, of leather, or covered either with serge or turkey-work, as were several couches. The beds were of the usual two types the bedstead with feather-bedding, bolster and pillows being the more elegant, while the less important folks were assigned flock beds.

Annie Lash Jester - Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century