Sampler by Amanda N. Jarrett

This colorful sampler worked by Amanda N. Jarrett represents a fully developed sampler form with outer meandering vine borders at sides, inner two-toned sawtooth border, two sets of family initials (WNJ and MJ for her parents), verses, signature line, and a beautifully executed "strawberry tree" worked in queen stitch at center top. Amanda also included her date of birth, January 2, 1808, and the year she completed the sampler, 1819. A striking feature of the sampler is the charming two-story blue house flanked by pots of large flowering vines. Most significant is the inscription firmly noting its creation in Morgantown, Virginia, a town now in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Samplers created in the western part of Virginia in the area that today makes up the state of West Virginia are rare with only a few regional styles identified.
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