- Maker
- Aborn, Elizabeth (age 7)
- Date made
- 1794
- Origin
- Pawtuxet, RI US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase 26 letters. Numbers 1-10. The lower half of the sampler has a depiction of a school house . All done in a simple stitched rectangle. Leaf border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Eliza Aborn was born April 29th / 1787 made this sampler in A / pril 1794 / Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain: / but a woman that feareth the lord / She shall be praised. / Pawtuxet School house built A. D. / 1793
- Length Without Frame
- 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 11"
- Historical Owner
- #1998.60.1 Purchased
- Owner
- Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
- Owner Private
- Rhode Island Historical Society
- Name of School
- Pawtuxet School, RI
