A Family Operated Business for 100+ Years! Handcrafted feather and down pillows, comforters, and feather beads. Renovations also available.
All Czech Feather and Down Company products are individually handcrafted, as they once were in the small, close-knit communities of Czechoslovakia. The art of pillow and comforter making has been handed down through the generations within our family. Many of the crafts once commonplace in agricultural villages of Europe have all but disappeared. But here in Mount Vernon Iowa, in the heartland of America, this European craft has been thriving for over 100 years. The quality found in our handmade comforters and pillows simply could not be duplicated in mass production settings.
Years ago the Czech ladies would get together and hold what they call feather stripping parties. And at these parties they would take feathers from the ducks or geese and strip them away from the quill. And then they would take that soft part and use it in their feather beds, comforters, and pillows. And the reason they did t Many of the arts and crafts once commonplace in agricultural villages have disappeared forever. But here in the heartland of America, in the heart of T Established in 1885 as the Griffith Feather and Mattress Company, Cookie's Aunt Vera Benz revitalized the business in the late 1950s. When I was a little girl I used to go over and watch my aunt work and as she would unroll the bolts of fabric I was fascinated in that and always wanted to help. Of course at that time she would say, oh no, no, you can't do that, it's for a customer. Knowing now that it's being a c And as time went on the art was dying and the businesses were fading away throughout the Midwest and she realized that's all my daughter decided that we should probably get together with my aunt and carry t All Czech Feather and Down Company products are hand crafted, the same as they once were in the small close knit communities of Czechoslovakia. Czech Feather and Down offers a variety of custom made products including pillows, comforters, and feather beds. They also can renovate the ones you already own. To create their hand crafted pillows they use German ticking specifically designed to retain the quality of a down fill. Then they fill the ticking by hand with the Finished pillows are created with a variety of ticking styles and combinations of feather and down mixtures and weights w At Czech Feather and Down they double stitch their comforters and use a traditional box stitch pattern to keep the fill evenly distributed throughout. Feather beds can be purchased in standard sizes or be custom made to fit your old fas If you already own a feather and down pillow or comforter or feather bed the Czech Feather and Down Company can renovate them for you. Cookie guarantees that the feathers and down taken from your pillow, comforter or feather bed will be the same feathers and down returned to you in your renovated product. The reason I keep making the pillows, comforters and feather beds a traditional way is because I feel so connected, so connected to the people. When a customer brings a pillow into me and they tell me it's a hundred years ago and it's a great grandmother's pillow that she made for the family I wonder why I'm working on that. What were their lives What were they doing? What were they t Did they do things Did they think And I can remember asking my aunt one day why did you stay working here? At the age of 86 you're still working and she said to me it's because of the people. You'll find out as you go on it's the people that keep you coming back and they do because I work for the kindest people. The kindest people throughout the world and there are a lot of them out there. For a closer look at the traditional methods of creating heirloom comforters, pillows and feather beds visit Check Feather and Down Company. In the Check Feather and Down Company. In Home, the comfort of the Old World.
