Warm in Winter; Cool in Summer

The eastern nobles valued silk for its softness and warmth and for its light weight. “Like being wrapped in a soft, delicate cloud”, they said. Perhaps, most importantly of all they valued its ability to seem ‘warm in winter, cool in summer’. This is because of its ‘breathability’ which enables it to absorb as much as 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp/ Yet the higher the moisture the cooler it seems to the body. This almost thermostatic quality of silk means that you will not ‘boil up’ in the early hours of the morning., as is common with other sorts of duvets.