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title: "Objects from the History of Bedding"
url: https://le-briand.fr/en/museum/objects/
description: "Traditional bedding also has a material history, told through emblematic objects that have survived the passing years unchanged."
lang: en-US
updated: 2026-09-23
translations:
  fr: https://le-briand.fr/musee/objet/
source: https://le-briand.fr/en/museum/objects.md
---
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# A Few Historic Objects

Published: April 3, 2020

Updated: August 21, 2023

Author: Le Briand Mattress Makers

## The many forms of the carding machine

This document from French manufacturer Louis Bonduelle in Lille shows several models of carding machine:

- The Éclair carding machine
- The Utile carding machine
- The Cardex carding machine

- ![wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand](https://img.le-briand.fr/uploads/2020/04/matelassier-paris-histoire-musee-fabrication-matelas-laine-sommier-tapissier-cardeuse.jpg)
  
- ![wool mattress and box spring | Les Ateliers Le Briand](https://img.le-briand.fr/uploads/2020/04/matelassier-paris-histoire-musee-fabrication-matelas-laine-sommier-tapissier-carder-laine.jpg)
  

## A few historic mattress makers’ signs

![historic mattress maker’s sign | Les Ateliers Le Briand](https://img.le-briand.fr/uploads/2020/04/matelassier-paris-histoire-musee-fabrication-matelas-laine-sommier-tapissier-enseigne.jpg)

![historic mattress maker’s sign in the faubourg | Les Ateliers Le Briand](https://img.le-briand.fr/uploads/2020/04/matelassier-paris-histoire-musee-fabrication-matelas-laine-sommier-tapissier-enseigne-faubourg.jpg)

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Topics covered in this guide

Carding machines and historic signs are best seen beside the tools of a working workshop; to view them up close, we invite you to :

[Contact us](https://le-briand.fr/en/contact/)

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…and we will be delighted to show you today’s tools alongside these pieces from our collection.