Name

American Master Apron

Origin/date 

USA, Homer, New York, c. 1816-1818. Made bij Charles Cushing Wright and William B. Whitney.

Material and dimensions

Engraving on cotton, 37 cm x 35 cm.

Description

Printed on the flap is an all-seeing eye with glory rays. The central motif is a colonnaded room with a checkered floor three candles and at the end the bible, square and compass opened on the chapter of St. John.  Lettering at top reads Hail! heavenly virtue, thine's a Sacred Flame! Underneath the colonnaded room one reads Silence and Circumspection. A female is at center top holding the letter G. A pair of columns with a globe on top flanks the central motif. In between the column and around the  center motif are more masonic symbols. The apron is signed “C.Wright scpt for W.B. Whitney, Homer.

Provenance

USA, Cordier Auctions & Appraisals, Harrisburg, PA, sale 31th march 2012, lot 268.

Literature

For a similar apron see: Scottisch Rite Masonic Museum of our National Heritage. Bespangled Painted & Embroidered. Decorated Masonic Aprons in America, 1980, p. 100.