Blankets

thumb|right|Le Lit (Toulouse-Lautrec)|The Bed, 1892 by [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, depicts two people under a blanket]] A blanket is a swath of soft cloth large enough either to cover or to enfold most of the user's body and thick enough to keep the body warm by trapping radiant body heat that otherwise would be lost through convection and radiation.

thumb|A bed with a duvet

thumb|1940 photograph by Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee of Mrs. Bill Stagg of Pie Town, New Mexico, with state quilt

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sheet of fire retardant material used to smother fires

a blanket with electric heating

aluminized plastic sheet used to protect against heat in space

blanket underneath the saddle to protect the horse's back

thumb|right|Nakshi Kantha|Traditional kantha stitching in [[Bangladesh]] Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা; Hindi: कान्था), also spelled kanta or qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in Bangladesh and eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha. thumb|Antique quilted kantha inscribed with the meditative chant Ram Krishna, courtesy the Wovensouls collection, Singapore In Odisha, old saris are stacked on each other and hand-stitched to make a thin piece of cushion. This is normally used above a bed cushion or instead of a cushion. Kantha saris are traditi

type of blanket

blanket intended for keeping a horse or other large livestock warm or otherwise protected

alt=A stout cloth used for bedding and wrap (shawl)|thumb|Khes (a kind of thick blanket, it is a handoom [[damask cloth) used in bedding in Pakistan and northwest India.]]

a type of embroidered quilt

type of blanket

thumb|A white comforter A comforter (in American English), also known as a doona in Australian English, or a continental quilt (or simply quilt) or duvet in British English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled with insulative materials for warmth, traditionally down or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and other down alternative fibers. Like quilts, comforters are generally laid over a top bed sheet (and sometimes also blankets) and used to cover the body during sleep. Duvets are another form of quilt, traditionally filled

construction of blankets, pillows and other things in the same category

thumb|A collection of several different Lizhnyks A lizhnyk () or Hutsul blanket is a patterned wool blanket and rug created by Hutsuls, a group indigenous to the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine.