Short answer: it helped keep you warm.

– but it is an interesting piece of cultural history and the article has nice images of such beds.

    •  memfree   ( @memfree@beehaw.org ) OP
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      They seem great for winter but maybe too hot for summer. I imagine it’d be great if you were passing down the house and furnishings in the family, but moving such a massive construction to new digs would be a pain.