An experienced needleworker and fabric store owner, Gladys Boalt had already been creating wonderful boutique items for an exclusive New York shop when she was asked to try her hand at creating soft-sculpture Christmas ornaments. More than twenty years later Ms. Boalt is the proud creator of an exclusive line of historically accurate, highly-detailed figural ornaments that are so inspired, they have even been chosen to adorn the White House Christmas tree.

Each Boalt ornament is a small work of art involving as many as fifty separate steps. Completely hand-sewn by talented members of Ms. Boalt's New England women's cooperative, the little figures and tiny costumes are complete with authentic period details. Gladys Boalt personally hand paints every face, then signs and dates each piece.

The incredible range of characters includes not only Santas, creche figures and other Christmas-themed items, but also storybook and nursery rhyme characters, historic figures, presidents, artists, musicians and animals. With more than four hundred pieces at last count, one can always find something with special significance.

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Nutcracker	Nutcracker Prince	Princess Clara	Mouse King
Tiger Lily Dancer	Harlequin Dancer	Poinsettia Dancer	Cossack Dancer
Sacajawaea	Teddy Roosevelt	Christmas Card Santa
Lewis and Clark	York, Charbouneau and Seaman	Napoleon and Josephine	American Figures
St. Nick, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus	The Beast	Beauty	Works of Art
Wizard of Oz Characters	The Wizard and Dorothy	Glenda the Good Witch and Munchkins	Wicked Witch and Flying Monkey
Winston Churchill	Harry S. Truman	Bessie Smith	The Roosevelts and Fala
Carousel Animals

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