Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 1972.503.07
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1861-1865
- Description:
- Flag. Handmade plain gray loose weave linen flag in two pieces sewn up center, fraying and torn and partially attached to a 2.5" cotton band on which is attached a torn paper stating "the flag...." The band encloses a rope by which to attach the flag to a flag pole.
Signal flag. American Civil War. Naval. Hand stitched. Field; two panel construction, both 19" widths of plain woven gray (was white) plain weave wool seamed on the horizontal. Body of the flag partially attached to a 2.25" plain woven cotton header on hoist end "0" written in ink and torn paper attached with handwritten note "The Flag....". Hemp rope 0.125" in diameter and 72" length inside the hoist with a loop on each end and a wooden dowel fed through one loop. Two selvedges, one on top and bottom edges. Fly end raw (unfinished). - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Hemp - Dimensions:
- W-37 L-38 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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