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Pilgrim Warrior Costume
1940-1970
Ihling Bros. Everard Co.
USA: Michigan, Kalamazoo
Photograph and acrylic on board
overall: 20 3/4 x 10 in.; 52.705 x 25.4 cm
Gift of Ihling Bros. Everard Co.
98.003.121

Catalog Illustration of Knights Templar Ritual Costume; pen and ink illustration on cardboard of Knight ritual costume; figure has photographic cut-out face, facing proper right with right hand holding sword, left arm under cape; he is wearing pointed helmet and full suit of "scale mail"; long cape with black cross.


This illustration appeared in an Ihling Bros. Everard Company catalog, printed around 1970, that featured costumes and accessories for the Knights Templar. This group, part of the York Rite of Freemasonry, draws inspiration from the crusading knights of medieval Europe. This model is presented in a "Pilgrim Warrior" costume, which, in addition to a pointed helmet, a sword, and a cape, included a full suit of what Ihling Bros. Everard Company called "armor cloth.” This cloth was patterned to look like scale mail, protective metal clothing worn by medieval knights and soldiers.