Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 1972.503.10
- Place of Origin:
- England (fabric)/Portsmouth, NH (possibly)
- Date:
- 1862-1865
- Description:
- Flag. United States. Hand sewn wool, stained and ragged, with 13 hand-sewn white linen stars in three lines on a 24" x 22" blue field and seven red stripes and six white 4" stripes (that are generally longer than the red), all of which is bound with a 1" band of cotton on the pole side.
Flag. United States for a Navy boat. Hand stitched. Plain woven English wool bunting. Canton of a blue field resting on a white stripe measures 24" x 22" with 13 double appliqued 3"- 4" white stars of plain woven cotton in a pattern of three rows of four. Thirteen 4" stripes, seven red, six white 0.30" flat felled seams. Hoist end bound with a 1" twill woven cotton canvas header with three button hole stitched grommets, two with cotton rope still intact. Rope, possibly hemp stitched to the end of the header closest to the top edge of the canton with a nail hole just below. Two selvedges, along the outer edge of the canton and 1st and 7th stripe. Tattered fly end. Hand stitched to a polyester net backing. - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Polyester
Hemp - Dimensions:
- W-45 L-67 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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