George Nicklas coverlet fragment; Chambersburg, PA, 1855
date: label: Date made
content: 1855
name: label: weaver
content: Nicklas, George
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a Jacquard coverlet; woven using both single and double weaves; red and blue. [Also described as dark & light blue and pink.] Fringe on 1 side. 1. (border) rose and oak tree 2. (center) stars Inscription woven into the coverlet fragment: Made by G Nicklas/ Chamber/sburgh/Franklin County 1855. George Nicklas was born in 1820 in Germany. According to source in Ancestry.com he came to the US in 1829. He married Rebecca Miller and died January 30, 1860 in Chambersburg, PA. He willed his weaving and dyeing outfit to his nephew Peter for the sum of $200. (Charles R. NIcklas, One Hundred Years of Business on South Main Street, p191-197.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Franklin
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Helene Bress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0142.001
label: accession number
content: 1982.0142
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet fragment, figured
label: Object Type
content: coverlets
label: Object Type
content: double weave
label: Object Type
content: jacquard coverlets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: double weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: single weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 15 3/4 in; 55.88 cm x 40.005 cm