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- Title
Seeking Enlightenment: A Quilt Historian's Guide to Freemasonry.
- Authors
Newell, Aimee E.
- Abstract
Quilt researchers can find it both difficult to interpret the symbolic language of Freemasonry, which appears on quilts from time to time, and confusing to know where to look for answers. This paper provides an overview of the history and structure of Freemasonry, explains common Masonic symbols, and explores the involvement of American women in the fraternity through an examination of quilts and other textiles in the collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, Massachusetts. The paper also describes the research sources available at Masonic Grand Lodges and libraries in the United States. An appendix provides an annotated bibliography of general sources and works on Masonic symbols.
- Subjects
UNITED States; QUILTS; FREEMASONRY &; the arts; FREEMASONRY in art; FREEMASONRY; FREEMASONS; HISTORICAL research; UNITED States history; SYMBOLISM; HISTORY
- Publication
Uncoverings, 2011, Vol 32, p31
- ISSN
0277-0628
- Publication type
Article