Flag

Object Name:

Flag

Object ID:

1972.503.12

Place of Origin:

Spain

Date:

1860-1898

Description:

Flag. Spanish. Made c. 1860, altered c.1873. Horizontally pieced stripes of a plain weave wool bunting, two 8.50" red (top and bottom), one 17" gold-green (middle). Center; printed patch at center of the arms of Castile and Leon, round motif of a castle and red lion toped by a red crown, on a beige wool ground, surrounded by a border of five seamed and machine topstitched fragments of a yellow wool plain weave. Underneath the "arms" hand sewn in gold-green ribbed wool cloth, are the letters "R de H". The flag is bound to a 1.75" wide linen? (do fiber ID) band on the hoist end with a hemp cord inside. Two selvedges on the top and bottom edges. Stripes machine stitched with 0.25" flat felled seams. Fly end machine hemmed 0.50".

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-36 L-48 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection; 1919.005; notes from fragment of letter written by Mary S. Brooke:
"The flag came from the Santa Catalina Palace San Juan Porto Rico when the Spanish flag came down and the U. S. flag went up. Gen. Brooke went into the Palace to live as he commanded Porto Rico when the Spaniards left. the smaller flag was in a closet in the palace. September 1898."

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Brooke, John R. (1838-1926), Brooke, Mary S. (1849-1921)

Subjects:

Flags, Castles & palaces, Lions, Spanish flag, Textiles block printed, Crowns