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Traditional mattress making around the world

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Author: Les Matelassiers Le Briand

Wool was used in small quantities in mattresses as far back as ancient Egypt and classical antiquity.

wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A bedding shop in Victoria, Australia, in 1880 – also the year Le Briand was founded
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A mattress maker in Tripoli – Lebanon
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
Working with wool in Tuscany
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
Maruja, a bedding maker in Lima – Peru
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A Pakistani mattress maker at work
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A mattress maker in Ouagadougou
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A mattress maker in Cheviot – New Zealand
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A mattress maker on the streets of Naples in the late 1950s
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A family of mattress makers in Canneto sull’Oglio – Italy – 1960
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
Refurbishing a mattress as a household task on a farm near Jarreau – Louisiana, US – 1938
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
A couple of mattress makers in Barcelona – Spain
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
Women mattress makers in Angola
wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand
Tom Goward, a mattress maker at Bruce Pie – Chermside, Australia – sometime in the 1950s
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