Flag: 34 Stars American

Flag: 34 Stars American
Title
Flag: 34 Stars American
Object name 
Flag
Date 
1861
Medium 
Wool, cotton, bast cord
Dimensions 
Overall: 38 3/4 x 52 3/4 in. ( 98.4 x 134 cm )
Description 
Wool and cotton hand sewn U.S. flag with thirty-four white cotton stars in the blue wool canton (four rows of seven stars divided by on row of six stars); thirteen red and white cotton stripes; cotton hoist; flag trimmed with red cotton covered bast cord.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number 
1955.53
Gallery Label 
This flag was made by Mrs. John E. Forbes, grandmother of the donor's husband, to hang from her Fifth Avenue home when the 7th Regiment marched off to the Civil War.
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