What is a DROP?
Aside from its use as a verb, the “drop” can refer to four things in the linen industry. First, it can mean the distance from the top of the bed to the floor, where bedspreads are concerned. A bedspread’s finished width is equal to the bed’s width, plus twice the drop. Its length is equal to the bed’s length, plus the drop, plus 19 inches for a pillow tuck. Secondly, a “drop” for a coverlet or a comforter means the distance from the top of the bed to however far down on each side you want the item to go. With the new thicker mattresses, comforter and coverlet drops now vary slightly from the traditional 15″. Thirdly, when discussing bed skirts, the drop refers to the distance from the top of box spring (or foundation), to the floor. Fourthly, and the one we refer to the most, is the depth of the fitted mattress, from the top side to bottom side of the mattress.
