Name

Royal Arch Select Masters’s American Master Apron by Amos Doolittle and Jeremy Cross, with later additions.

Origin/date 

USA, Connecticut, 1818

Material and dimensions

Stenciled and painted on silk. Red fringe, gold trim and two gold embroidered stars. All of latter date.

37 high; 35 wide (without the fringe)

Description

Two angels flanking a cirkel and reversed triangle. Within and around emblems of the Royal Ach: the Keystone, the Ark, Aaron’s rod, the Book of the Law. Below is printed: Designd by Com. Jeremy L. Cross; Royal Arch Apron. Copy Right Secured; Engraved by Com. A. Doolittle.

Provenance

USA, private dealer.

Literature

Scottisch Rite Masonic Museum of our National Heritage. Bespangled Painted & Embroidered. Decorated Masonic Aprons in America, 1980, p. 90.