A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Ficker, Christiane D. S.
FICKER, CHRISTIANE D. S.,
The inventor of the tambour-needle, was the daughter of Mr. Nier, the comptroller of the mines in Eibenstock, Saxony. She was horn November 12th., 1769. She was led to the invention by her love for embroidering, and the desire to trace raised figures, by means of a thread and needle, upon the cloth. The invention has been of great use to the poor women of Saxony, to whom it became a fruitful source of employment from abroad. The inventor, however, like Fulton, gained nothing by the invention, except a present of a small sum of money, given to her by the Queen Amelia Auguste. She died on the 22nd. of October, 1811, as the wife of Christian G. Ficker, pastor of Eibenstock.