Collection Highlights
Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Flag: 42 Stars Americnan Flag
Title
Flag: 42 Stars Americnan Flag
Object name
Flag
Date
1889-1890
Medium
Cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 87 3/4 in. ( 81.3 x 222.9 cm )
Description
Cotton printed U.S. flag (possibly naval) with forty-two white stars in the blue canton (six rows of seven); five red and white stripes; white hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Katherine Kolb
Object Number
1955.35
Marks
printed: on hoist: "9 FT."
Gallery Label
This U.S. flag is not an offical design. All U.S. flags are to bear thirteen stripes, but Naval ships often bear stripes with alternate signifigance, such as battles won, ships lost in battle, or numbers relating the person, state, or thing the ship is named for.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
