Liberty and Loyalty: Embroidered Coats of Arms in an Age of Revolution
Concord MuseumIn 1775, Mary Jones of Weston Massachusetts watched her life collapse around her as her family, all supporters of the British Crown, fled their homes and had their immense fortune confiscated during the Revolution. Among what she had left to remember them was a mostly finished needlework sampler displaying the Jones family coat of arms. […]