Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
1890.3
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag: 13 stars
Title
Flag: 13 stars
Object name
Flag
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Wool, cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 57 1/2 in. ( 94 x 146 cm )
Description
Wool reproduction U.S. flag with thirteen cotton stars hand applied to the canton in a eight star wreath around a single star, with a star in each of the four corners; thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Object Number
INV.11783
Gallery Label
This reproduction U.S. flag is one of many designs used in the colonial period after the Flag Resolution of 1773, which stated, "... the Flag of the united states be thirteen stripes alternated red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars white in a blue field representing a new constelation."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.