A Happy Home In Jamestown
Reading edition
Research on painting by author. Photo courtesy National Park Service.
A Happy Home In Jamestown
Conjectural Painting
The early Jamestown settlers were self-sufficient to a large degree when they arrived in the New World, and so they remained. Cut off from communication with the mother country for long periods of time, they had to rely upon their own resources. If they needed a thing they usually had to make it with their own hands or do without. These homemade objects—including cloth, pottery, tools, woodenware, furniture, brick and tiles, and many household accessories—were well-made and extremely practical. Many items made in the home were not entirely lacking in beauty.