Collection Highlights
Bird's Nest and Dog Roses
1867
1947.519
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and selective glazing with scratching out on paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Flag: 13 Star American Flag
Title
Flag: 13 Star American Flag
Object name
Flag
Date
1800-1900
Medium
Silk, cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 35 3/4 x 62 in. ( 90.8 x 157.5 cm )
Description
Silk hand sewn U.S. flag with thirteen white stars in five vertical stripes (three rows of three diveded by to rows of two stars) in the blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes; natural cotton hoist with three button holes.
Credit Line
Gift of the Misses Mary L. & Ellen D. Constant
Object Number
1943.366
Gallery Label
This reproduction (possibly original) 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 constellation."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
