Young Brunette Girl On The Floor Posing On The Mattresses

• Mid 18th century: Mattress covers begin to be made of quality linen or cotton. The mattress cane box is shaped or bordered, and fillings include natural fibers such as coconut fibre, cotton, wool, and horsehair. The mattress is tufted or buttoned to attach the stuffing to the cover and the edges are stitched.
• Late 19th century: The box-spring is invented to distribute weight and act as a shock absorber, thereby lengthening the life of an innerspring mattress.
• 1926: Dunlop introduced a technology that turned vulcanized rubber sap into latex foam that became widely used until today as latex mattresses and latex pillows (hence the name Dunlopillo), at first it was only sold to royalties in the British Empire.
• 1930s: Innerspring mattresses and upholstered foundations become widely used, and artificial fillers become common. Encased coil spring mattresses, which consist of individual springs sewn into linked fabric bags, are introduced.