gorynych1 once shared his observation in a comment:
I decided to see if there are also such interior elements in Europe. It turned out that there are a lot of such examples:
Antique beds in the Russian Empire style. Left - no more than 1.5 m long. On the right - a maximum of 1.8m (judging by the tiles 30x30cm). And the sleeping place is smaller.
The interior of buildings in the Rococo style at the time of King Louis 15. Renaissance style. Bottom right photo - 16c bed. It seems that these are children's beds. But no - these are the palace chambers of kings and the European elite. I have no idea how you can sleep in such beds. With your legs curled up? Or sitting? Why not make the bed a normal length? There were also normal lengths. But even these facts are inevitable.
The interior of the inhabitants of Scandinavia 18-19 centuries. Here, too, everything is of the same length. Although, this is far from a European palace interior. Apparently, either the tradition of sleeping in uncomfortable conditions was the norm, or, in fact, many people were dwarf stature.
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Tiny beds are also found in the Middle Ages:
Those. this tradition or norm has been around for centuries. But what was the reason? I mean, if it was that style of furniture. And if the growth of many people was low, dwarf, then also - what was the reason? Genetic diseases or something else?
The guides also put forward other versions:
Of course, how else to explain such tiny beds? But that is not all. It turns out that people of those eras slept in tiny wardrobes:
1. Sleeping cabinet from the Rembrandt Museum
2. The sleeping wardrobe of Peter I
3. Sleeping wardrobe from the middle ages
There is information that Peter I tried to introduce fashion to the Dutch sleeping wardrobes, in which he himself loved to sleep. I wonder when he fell in love with this and that? Those. we slept in normal beds.
So why did people sleep in these tiny wardrobes? There is a version: to keep warm. The premises were large, they were not heated. And in the closet it was warm from body heat. There are other versions, but they are very tight.
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Here's another interesting observation.
Comparison of modern species and species from engravings by the catastrophic artist Piranesi.
The people in the prints are clearly tiny, like dwarfs.
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They say that those chain mails that hang in museums are of children's size! But not for an adult man, and even more so for a hero. Didn't check. If there are those who can confirm or deny this - write in the comments.
What versions could there be? Let's think: in those days there were dwarfs who were at the palaces, who were even painted in a picture? Yes they were:
Among them, as you can see, were far from jesters. Is it possible that this genetic disorder was much more prevalent than we might imagine? Maybe. It is also possible that much in the interiors was done for their comfortable living. But why did people start using their furniture?
But what if we assume a fantastic idea at all: that these dwarfs were the descendants of mythical dwarfs and people? Well, then fairy tales are not such fairy tales …
Author: sibved