Costume Designs for the Lodge of Perfection Degrees

Costume Design for Zadok, High Priest (Lodge of Perfection, 8th to 10th Degrees), 1915-19

The colorful details and elaborate patterns that epitomized many of Tripp and Newcombe’s costume designs are fully realized in this depiction of Zadok, the High Priest—a major character in multiple Lodge of Perfection Degrees. Using a variety of sources about Jewish ceremonial objects and antiquities as well as specific passages from the Book of Exodus, illustrator Warren Newcombe was able to design a costume that featured many details, such as a linen tunic, a super-tunic, an ephod, a mitre, sandals, a girdle, and a breastplate.