Feather duvets can be washed, no problem. I hang mine on the clothesline to dry, fluffing them around as they dry, but you can also put them in the dryer, just don’t use super high heat.
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I have four - one for both apartments and two at home. They’ve all been washed regularly for years with no ill effects.
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I also wash the one I have to but do not put it in the dryer. I looked for a new duvet cover on line and most of the nice ones said dry clean only and the ones you could wash were polyester and other crap materials, so I am going the cotton layering route. So will keep the duvet and duvet cover for my long term rental—they can wash it or not while they are there—and wash both when they vacate.
Maybe your nice and my nice are different but my favorite is from Pottery Barn, cotton and machine wash. I’ve washed it a lot and it’s fine. I also like that it’s a pattern and doesn’t look wrinkled on the bed. I also have white off brand of some kind from Amazon that I machine wash.
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Probably not different. Just looking for either a solid or a pattern that matches my decor colors and is cotton and washable and not $200! I will check pottery barn.
I’m not sure I’m getting this - every duvet I’ve ever owned has been white. 
The duvets themselves are white- the covers come in all sorts of colors and patterns.
A lot of things say dry clean only that can be washed. I think they’re just covering their butts in case someone complains that it got wrecked by washing.
White sheets, ok, but no can do all white. Too much Latin in my blood.
I meant the duvet itself, not the cover. Sorry. 
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Ok big sale at Pottery barn. Tons of cotton washable duvet covers. My conversion to linen junkie is complete. Thank you for the tip!
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Do any of you get complaints about real down duvet because of allergies or should I not worry about that? I will need a new duvet for the king duvet cover I just bought—it’s Muddy’s fault—and I love the idea of the real down…I had a request from what I assume was an allergy/dust sensitive guest to change the ac filter—it was pretty clean— not that long ago. (Maybe scared of COVID in the AC.?) We removed it, but want to be sensitive to that.
I got my first Pottery Barn cover at the store with a credit I had from buying furniture. Then I found the exact thing new on ebay and bought a second one. I’ve also seen other PB items on ebay for a fraction of retail:
Darn…Too, late, too late, you know addicts can’t wait! But good reference for next time.
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We have had guests who requested no feather pillows because of allergies. I don’t remember if anyone asked about down, since we don’t have anything made of that.
Food for thought. Layers.
I offer thin quilts as the bedspread. Easy wash quick dry.
Two choices of blankets. Thin microfiber& Thick microfiber. I run hot. I hate the thick ones but it’s for guests. Microfiber is machine wash & quick air or machine dry.
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Down is made of goose or duck feathers— not quite but hard to explain—so I do not know how allergenic it is but would not want a complaint after the stay.
Well, down is the fluffy soft stuff and feathers are a bit different, though all from the same animals. Down is more expensive than feathers, but they are often a mix…
I’ve never concerned myself with what people may have allergies to. My down/feather duvet for guests isn’t needed that often, as there are only a few months of cold nights where I live. I’ve never had a guest complain, rather the opposite, they say the bed is super cozy. But I have some spare blankets in case I ever get a guest who says they have allergies to down or feathers.
It would seem to me that even if someone had allergies to feathers, the fact that those feathers would be separated from the guest by the top sheet and the duvet cover, i.e. 2 layers of cotton would help, and they don’t have their face buried in it, like a pillow, but I don’t have any allergies to anything, so I could be way off the mark in thinking that.
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@muddy, I don’t have an allergy to feathers or down, so I don’t know if two layers of cotton would be enough. It wouldn’t if the bed had nylon or microfiber (just about anything synthetic). The only fabric I don’t react to is 100% cotton. And it may be that I move around enough in my sleep that the layers don’t consistently protect me.
Anyway, for me, the only “safe” bed has all cotton linens.
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I don’t discount the fact that people have allergies but I’ve had over 800 guests and no question or complaint about any allergies. I’ve had one person say they needed scent free detergent and no dryer sheets. I’m scentsitive so I don’t use many scented products. The hand soap is a “natural” scented rotation and I get lots of compliments on that.
Anyway, just as we don’t make a rule because of one guest I don’t build my whole rental around one guest. I don’t have natural fill duvets due to expense, not allergies.
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