Masonic Apron
ca. 1815
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, United States
Masonic aprons, such as this one owned by a member of the Dickson Family of Monroe County, Virginia (now West Virginia), were an important element of the fraternal regalia of the society of Freemasonry. They were worn at Masonic ceremonies. Based on the protective leather aprons worn by stonemasons of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, early nineteenth-centuries ones were often ornately decorated in paint, print, or embroidery with symbolic designs.
The Dickson Family were members of the Greenbrier Lodge #42 A. F. & A. M., which was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Virginia in Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) on December 5, 1796. It is the oldest Masonic lodge west of the Allegheny Mountains.
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- Title: Masonic Apron
- Date Created: ca. 1815
- Location Created: America, West Virginia, Monroe County
- Physical Dimensions: OH w/ fringe: 16" x OW w/ fringe: 19"
- Type: Masonic Apron
- Rights: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Museum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund.
- External Link: Learn more about this object at Colonial Williamsburg's emuseum
- Medium: Paint, applied gold, and localized varnish on silk with silk ribbon and fringe and cotton or linen backing (material identification by eye)
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