Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag: 48 star, silk
Object Number:
INV.11420
Date:
1912-1959
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 55 x 66 in. ( 139.7 x 167.6 cm )
Description:
Silk U.S. flag with forty-eight white stars embroidered in the blue canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes; gold fringe trim around the fly of the flag.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Daughters of the Cincinnati, through R.F. Bailey, 1955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
