{"product_id":"heritage-series-red-mill-holiday-ornament","title":"Red Mill · Four Stories on the River · Heritage Holiday Ornament","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/heritage-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Heritage Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed Mill.\u003c\/strong\u003e A four-story mill beside a river, its wheel at the side, a stone dam with the falls spilling below, and a green wreath tied in scarlet ribbon hanging on its face for the season. Drawn the way a magazine illustrator of the 1880s would have drawn it, line by line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMills built America's towns. Before the railroad, the falls decided where a village went, and whatever mill stood beside them - grist, saw, woolen, whatever the valley needed - was the reason the road bent that way. A mill race carried water from the dam to the wheel; inside were stones, belts and hoppers, and a miller who took his pay as a share of what he ground. Mill towns and mill villages grew up around them all through the early industrial revolution in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one started out as a woolen mill in the 1810s and spent the next century changing trades, the way mills did, until its town saved it as a museum. The red came last. Red was the working color of rural America, cheap iron-oxide pigment in linseed oil, which is why barns are painted red, and why a mill this color looks as if it has always been there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur own line drawing in the old-fashioned engraved manner, set in crystal so the cross-hatching holds under the lights; the wreath is the one touch of color. Three inches across, four stories tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor mill museums, river-town historical societies, engineers, and everyone whose town still has a Mill Street. Profits go to hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaceted crystal, three inches across, with a white back so the line work reads from across the room once the tree is lit. Red ribbon. Boxed in gold or white, your call at checkout. Ships free anywhere in the U.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/heritage-ornaments\" style=\"color:#6b6b6b;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eMore Heritage Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"country christmas decor, industrial revolution america, industrial revolution in america, mill dam, mill race, mill town, mill towns, mill village, mill villages, millrace, river mill, why are barns red, why barns are painted red, wool mill, woolen mill, country christmas ornament, country christmas ornaments, historic mills, industrial history, industrial revolution mills, mill drawing, old fashioned christmas ornament, 19th century mill, 19th century mills, american industrial history, early american industry, flour mill history, history of mills, mill architecture, mill art, mill history, mill painting, mill restoration, mill sketch, old mill drawing, old mill painting, plaster mill, talc mill\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"country christmas decor\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"industrial revolution america\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"industrial revolution in america\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill dam\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill race\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill town\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill towns\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill village\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill villages\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"millrace\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"river mill\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"why are barns red\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"why barns are painted red\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"wool mill\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"woolen mill\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"country christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"country christmas ornaments\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"historic mills\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"industrial history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"industrial revolution mills\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill drawing\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"old fashioned christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"19th century mill\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"19th century mills\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"american industrial history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"early american industry\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"flour mill history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"history of mills\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill architecture\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill art\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill painting\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill restoration\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mill sketch\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"old mill drawing\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"old mill painting\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"plaster mill\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"talc mill\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the Red Mill ornament?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"An original old-fashioned line drawing of a four-story river mill with its wheel, dam and falls and a green wreath with a scarlet bow, set in a three-inch faceted crystal round with a white back and a red ribbon hanger. 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