As Virginia citizens emigrated west, Virginia stylists and furniture makers took their patterns and styles with them. Not all the styles mimicked the British; emigrants like the German Johannes Spitler brought their native painting and folk decorative styles to the Shenandoah Valley.
This passage describes how Virginians' fashion and furniture design practices were carried westward as they migrated. It highlights the influence of both British styles and those from other cultures, such as German influences brought by individuals like Johannes Spitler.