Flag

Object Name:

Flag

Object ID:

1972.503.06

Place of Origin:

United States

Date:

circa 1898

Description:

Banner. Rectangular wool banner with a large five-pointed white star in middle of a red triangular field that is 41" wide and is bound by 2" cotton band. There are two 8.75" and one 8.25" wide blue stripes with two 8.5" white stripes between. Worn, holey, and raveling at one end. Three brass grommets.

Flag. Cuba. Rectangle. Called "La Estrella Solitaria" or "Lone Star Flag". Cheveron pattern. Machine stitched. Red chevron, blue and white stripes of plain woven wool bunting. Double appliqued 11.25" five-pointed white cotton star on the center of the cheveron. Field of five pieced horizontal stripes, three blue, two measuring 8.75" and one 8.25" wide, two 8.50" white, connected together and to the cheveron with 0.25" flat felled seams. Hoist end bound the entire length of the chevron edge, with a 2" plain woven (with a doubled warp yarn) cotton header, three brass grommets with remnants of leather straps attached, located the center and each corner of the header. Fly end raw (unfinished). Two selvedges along the outer edge of the first and third blue stripe. Position of the star suggests horizontal display.

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton
Brass

Dimensions:

W-41 L-83.5 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Stars, Stripes, Textiles printed, Flags, Banners, Spanish-American War