The bed had a spring mattress, and a special sort of bolster and silk
pillowcases on the little pillows.
After supper and punch we had an hour's soothing smoke while we fought the naval battle over again and voted the resolutions; then we retired to exceedingly neat and pretty chambers upstairs that had clean, comfortable beds in them with heirloom
pillowcases most elaborately and tastefully embroidered by hand.
Instead of making the bed, she would amuse herself with pulling off the
pillowcases, butting her woolly head among the pillows, till it would sometimes be grotesquely ornamented with feathers sticking out in various directions; she would climb the posts, and hang head downward from the tops; flourish the sheets and spreads all over the apartment; dress the bolster up in Miss Ophelia's night-clothes, and enact various performances with that,--singing and whistling, and making grimaces at herself in the looking-glass; in short, as Miss Ophelia phrased it, "raising Cain" generally.
Kishmish double duvet cover pounds 59, sheet pounds 30,
pillowcase pounds 15, bedspread pounds 290, Malabar (0171-501 4200) and (right) Aspen double duvet cover and two
pillowcases pounds 28, Grattan (0800 333444)
CHECK IT OUT: Checked double quiltcover Pounds 45, checked Oxford edge
pillowcase Pounds 10, checked square
pillowcase Pounds 10, blue standard
pillowcase (pair) Pounds 12, blue square
pillowcase Pounds 10, checked curtains Pounds 40.
Element sunflower yellow duvet and
pillowcase set, PS12-PS28; Hello cushion, PS12; Pom Pom Ochre knit throw, PS45; Grey
pillowcase from PS6.99; Two drawer bedside t able, PS139; Lamp from PS15; Cuckoo clock, PS15; Picture frames from PS5; Cactus jewellery holder, PS6, Filey footstool, PS49.
If you want to truly spoil yourself, you can go for a silk
pillowcase and sheets.
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PILLOWCASE: This
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The concept was the brainchild of founders Phoenix Gonzalez and Sandra McCurdy, who wanted to have a silk
pillowcase that would fit any hotel pillow while they traveled.
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TWO dead snakes were found in a
pillowcase in the countryside by a shocked walker taking part in an online treasure hunt.