Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Apron
1805-1814
Maker not marked
France
ink and paint on leather
overall: 11-3/4"h x 11-1/4"w
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
74.1.50

White leather Masonic apron with rounded body and triangular flap, printed in black and hand colored; design is sun, moon and all-seeing eye in triangle at top of apron. At center is a Pantheon-like temple with two columns (topped with pomegranates) surrounded by Masonic symbols; beehive on flap; inscription under flap reads: "Depose a la Bibliotheque Imple"; edging missing.

For further information, see CROTEAU, Jeffery, Alan E. Foulds, Aimee E. Newell, "The 1783 Francken Manuscript," 2017. p. 34-37.