Zardozi Embroidered Noteworthy Persons Ornaments
These unique Christmas decorations are made using the traditional method of zardozi embroidery.
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Alma Thomas, a celebrated African American abstract artist and teacher, was a witness and, to some extent, a participant in the Civil Rights Movement. While her art was not overtly political, her abstract and non-objective style, particularly her use of color, resonated with the social and political climate of the era.
Here she is holding a piece of artwork similar to paintings she has done.
Ornament is @5.75 inches high
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Betsy Ross is synonymous with the American way of life and and is credited with sewing the very first US Flag.
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Botticelli's Venus, famously depicted in his 'The Birth of Venus,'represents the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus (Aphrodite in Greek mythology). The painting portrays her arrival on the shore of Cyprus, after emerging from the sea fully grown.
5.5 inches by 3.25 inches
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Why was Cleopatra so famous?
While queen of Egypt (51-30 BCE), Cleopatra actively influenced Roman politics at a crucial period and was especially known for her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. She came to represent, as did no other woman of antiquity, the prototype of the romantic femme fatale.
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The Duke of Wellington decoration is one of our favourites and not just because he was an famous military hero. With his bright yellow breeches, feathered hat, golden sword and handmade features, he cuts a handsome figure indeed! (1769-1852)
Ornament is @ 6.25 inches high
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Florence Nightingale was affectionately known as 'The Lady with the Lamp' for her pioneering work with wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. (1820-1910).
Ornament is @ 6 inches high
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Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings..
Ornament is @ 6 1/4 inches high
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Guy Fawkes was a Catholic conspirator in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to assassinate King James I and destroy Parliament.
The conspirators were betrayed, captured and then executed.
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Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Ornament is @ 6 inches high
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For Tudor history lovers, here is King Henry VIII, a fabulously detailed decoration of arguably the most famous English monarch. (1491-1547)
Henry is best known for his six marriages, which is unfortunate as his many other accomplishments are overshadowed by that.
Ornament is @ 6.25 inches high
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Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Ornament is @ 6.25 inches high
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In Greek mythology, Medusa, also called Gorgo or the Gorgon, was one of the three Gorgons. Medusa is generally described as a woman with living snakes in place of hair; her appearance was so hideous that anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone.
Ornament is 6 high x 3.25 inches wide
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.
Napoloeon is shown here with in his trademark pose captured by the painter Jacques Louis David.
Ornament is @ 6.25 inches high
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Complete your Scottish collection of ornaments with Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, who led his country through the Wars of Scottish Independence. (1274-1329)
Ornament is @ 6.25 inches high
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
The United States Congress has called her 'the first lady of civil rights' and 'the mother of the freedom movement'
Ornament is @ 6 1/4 inches high
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time
Ornament is @ 5 3/4 inches high
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