Created By: Elizabeth Orum (1824 – ?)
Artifact Type: Sampler
Artifact Date: 1832
Origin/Region: Possibly United States
Material/Medium: Linen thread on linen ground
Museum Database Number: OBA 1983.005.0001
Artifact Condition: Good
Artifact Location: Old Barracks Association Collection
Ownership History: Gift of Miss Mary Opsuth
Simple marking sampler with alphaets and mottos.
Elizabeth Orum was eight years old when she completed this sampler, but little else is known about her. The sampler was formerly owned by Hiram Deats, famed collector and philanthropist from Flemington, New Jersey. Deats was born in 1870 and inherited an immense wealth from his grandfather’s invention of the “Deats Plow.” The collection Deats curated was highly respected during his life.
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