Painted Silk Masonic Apron

Description:

Painted Silk Masonic Apron, 19th century, watercolor Masonic symbols within and flanking an arch and pillars, "All Seeing Eye" in the clouds above, female figures in yellow gowns along the lower edge, edges trimmed in blue silk, ht. 15 1/4 x 13 in.

Provenance: John Walton Jr., from a descendant of Joseph Brant; Leonard Balish, Ellis Memorial Antiques Show, Boston, October 28, 1987.

Exhibitions: Empire State Mosaic: Folk Art of New York, Fennimore Art Museum, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York, April 1-December 31, 1999.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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