Video library

Join Gerald W. R. Ward to learn about Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl, made in 1768 by the rebel and silversmith on the threshold of the Revolutionary War.

With Curt DiCamillo

Embroidered coats of arms were among the most prolific and enduring forms of schoolgirl needlework in eighteenth-century Boston. Not only do these objects demonstrate the skill and dedication of their makers, but as examples of genealogical material culture, heraldic needlework makes clear that young colonial women were integral to the articulation and preservation of their family history.