Elizabeth Rhoads, 1804. #SA001069

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Elizabeth Rhoads, 1804

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001069
Maker:	Elizabeth Rhoads
Maker Birthplace:	Springfield, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Pennsylvania County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1804
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.53
Object Credit:	Gift of Grace E. Rhoads, February 1950
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

13.70 H x 18.00 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse or other block of text, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

West-TOwn Boarding School

Poor is the best the best that man can pay,
That power, who guards him every day:
Yet if his best though eer so poor,
Heaven takes the mite and seks no more.

From purity of heart all pleasure springs,
And from an humble spirit all our peace.

Elizabeth Rhoads
1804

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Text: Moderate loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Birthdate:	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:	IGI Individual Records Family Search International Genealogical Index on familysearch.org County: IGI Individual Records Family Search International Genealogical Index on familysearch.org State IGI Individual Records Family Search International Genealogical Index on familysearch.org
Death Date:	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Death Location:	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Religion:	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	US, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-current, on Ancestry.com	US, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-current, on Ancestry.com
	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Grace E. Rhoads Relation to maker:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: In Stitches: Unraveling Their Stories Host: Chester County Historical Society Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania Date: Dec. 2011-Sep. 2012
Literature:

Object Details