Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 1972.503.08
- Creator:
- Holt, John (1812-1887)
Inventor ; New England Bunting CompanyManufacturer - Place of Origin:
- England (fabric)/Lowell, MA (printed)
- Date:
- 1858-1859
- Description:
- United States flag. John Holt Pre-Patent Flag. Plain-woven English bunting with wool weft and linen warp. Clamp-dyed pattern of 34 total stars (originally 32); two additional printed stars (cut from another flag) were stitched after the original was made. Canton, 22.5" x 37", resting on a white stripe, with a blue field hand stitched with 0.5" flat felled seams to panel printed with thirteen 3.5" wide horizontal stripes, seven red and six white. Also flat felled seamed along the fourth red and white stripe. Hoist end bound and machine stitched with a 1.75" wide cotton header with hand writing "O B a", two hand buttonhole-stitched grommets, and six nail holes. Occasional heavier linen yarn in the warp direction of printed red and white fabric. Selvedges visible along the top edge of the canton as well as the first and seventh red stripe.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-42.5 L-66 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection. John Holt was the founder of New England Bunting Company, which opened in Lowell, MA, in 1850.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Holt, John (1812-1887)
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