Cover Sets – Duvet Covers, Quilt Covers, Doona Covers

A duvet (from the French duvet "down") or doona isstandard name used across Australia, some regions
a type of bedding a soft flat bag traditionally filledof Australia still use this term today.
with down or feathers, or a combination of both and- A duvet is also called a quilt, following British
used on a bed as a blanket. Duvets originally cametradition.
out of rural Europe and were ready from the down- Duvets are still commonly used in Europe (especially
feathers of the Eider duck, which is well known forin northern Europe and Scandinavia where it is the
its usefulness as an insulator.most common form of bed covering), and have
Duvets reduce the complexity of making a bed, as itbecome popular throughout the world in the late
is a single covering instead of the mixture of sheets,twentieth century.
blankets, and quilts or other bed covers, which is- In Danish and Norwegian a duvet is called a dyne,
traditional in many parts of the world. The cover iswhich is pronounced similarly to the Australian name
called a duvet cover or a "quilt cover"."doona".
In Australia a duvet is called a "Doona", from a- In the US, confusion often occurs as the word
trademarked brand name derived from the Old Norse"duvet" may refer to a comforter cover rather than
"dunn" meaning "down feathers". Though stillthe down blanket itself.
registered to the Tontine Company, the name- In Spain and Latin America a duvet is known as
"Doona" has become a general term for a duvet oredredon.
down quilt. A duvet is sometimes confused with a- In Russia a duvet is called a "cotton blanket". It is
comforter, although comforters go on top of thethe most general form of bed covering in Russia and
traditional sheets and blankets and are primarilya bright coloured atlas is often used for top and
decorative while duvets are used alone.bottom cloth.
- Originally the term "continental quilt" was the