Pennsylvania German Coverlet Makers in the Middle Susquehanna Valley
Researchers of textile history looking at Pennsylvania German migration in the 1700s and 1800s have named some key master weavers. Families and communities moved north along the river into counties like Snyder, Union, and Montour. They brought strong German weaving traditions and complex textile patterns with them.
October 06, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
Coverlet Index, a compendium of 19th century figured & fancy coverlets and their weavers; The Story of Snyder County from its Earliest Times to the Present Day, George Dunkelberger, 1948); D.H.B. Brower, Montour County, A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches (1881)The National Museum of the American Coverlet, Inc.; “He Can Do It Good”: Coverlet Weavers of the Central Susquehanna Valley; Schnee Coverlet, The Coverlet Index, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
