One of the most distinctive features of Studio Two, these hanging quilts or “sleeping bags”, as they’ve been called, were introduced in 1955 and originally made from a fabric called Cabot’s Quilt.
They were stuffed with a dried seaweed called eelgrass, used in part to create a consistent humidity in the room and in part to alter its sound, able to roll up or down to better suit the needs of a particular recording.
In the 1980s they were discovered to be extremely flammable and were hastily replaced with a flame-proof alternative that stayed true to the look and function of the originals.
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