Product Description
Decorate the tree with an elegant fabric rendition of the Randolph Carriage, an 18th-century carriage, one of the Historic Area's most charming attractions. Visitors can enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides through the quaint streets of Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area in brightly painted coaches like the one depicted here. This Maroon Randolph Carriage Fabric Ornament is handmade using Zaridosi embroidery, a term that translates to "sewing with gold." A traditional South Asian embroidery form once reserved for royalty, it will sparkle on your tree today the way the silks of colonial gentlewomen did in the glow of sunlight.
This fabric ornament is handmade by a charity in Thailand that supports women by helping them work from home. Imported.
Features
- Maroon and gold fabric ornament
- Historic Area ornament featuring the Randolph Carriage
- Colonial Williamsburg script on reverse
- Measures 5" W
- Handmade
- A Colonial Williamsburg retail shops exclusive!
Inspiration
The Randolph Carriage fabric ornament was named after a favorite Williamsburg home. The deep red Peyton Randolph House is one of the oldest, most historic, and without a doubt the most beautiful of Colonial Williamsburg's original 18th-century homes. The west wing of the impressive house has stood at the corner of Nicholson and North England Streets since about 1715. Historic figures who took shelter in the house included General Rochambeau and the Marquis de Lafayette.
