Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Apron
1827-1832
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts
Silk, paint, gilding, ink, cotton
overall: 18"h x 13-3/4"w
Special Acquisitions Fund
79.74.4

Masonic Apron; painted on silk; all-seeing eye on flap; central design of pavement, steps, arch, and winding stair, two columns, sun, moon and stars, Euclid's 47th problem, circle between two lines, gavel and straightedge, trowel, square, level and plumb; open Bible to Kings, Chapter VII with square and compass; light blue pleated silk ribbon trim and light blue silk ribbon ties; backed with cotton; rounded bottom corners and rounded flap; inscribed in ink on reverse top "Aaron Giddings"; reverse on bottom reads "A G."