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Masonic Apron
ca. 1800
Maker not marked
USA: Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
silk, cotton, paint
Body: 11-3/4"h x 10-1/4"w
Special Acquisitions Fund
2022.026.2

Silk body, trim, and embroidery. Cotton back.


George W. Morse, a Philadelphian who earned his living as a ship’s captain, owned this attractive apron embroidered with Masonic symbols rendered in colorful silk thread. At the center of the square and compasses on the apron is the number of his lodge, 67. Records at the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania note that Morse took his degrees at the lodge in 1800 and demitted in 1812.