Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Souvenir Apron
ca. 1905
Miss Rose Lipp
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
leather; silk
overall: 3-1/4"h x 6"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.3325

Masonic souvenir miniature apron; white leather, with blue silk ties; printed blue border, with square, compasses, and "G" on flap, while below is printed "Dedication of Quinebaug Lodge Rooms, / F. & A. M. / Masonic Building March 14, 1905 / Organized as Fayette Lodge, 1796 / Doric Lodge, 1826 / Quinebaug Lodge, 1860". Under flap is stamped "Made by Miss Rose Lipp / 136 Boylston St., Boston." On reverse is printed list of the lodge officers.

Regalia maker Rose Lipp manufactured this souvenir commemorating the dedication of the Quinebaug Lodge Rooms in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Lipp straddled the gender boundaries of the regalia industry. She worked in the traditionally female realm of sewing and clothing construction and, though not a Freemason, was acknowledged “as an authority on correctness of design” of Masonic regalia.