Depending on who you ask, astrologers either predicted the tumult of 2020, or didn’t see it coming at all. But if you find yourself gazing up at the skies for clues about your year ahead, you ...

As a result, a motif like the Eye of Providence was deliberately esoteric in its appearance. It’s a symbol almost purpose-built to be reinterpreted, and maybe even misinterpreted.

Bearing esoteric symbols like the lamb, blazing star and the 47th problem of Euclid, Milliken’s hand-embroidered piece is just one of 25 quilts, coverlets, ...