Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag: Cromwell Flag (modified, w/pine tree)
Object Number:
INV.12269h
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 4 x 6 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 cm )
flagstaff: 11 x 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk printed flag with a green pine tree in a white canton; red field; nailed to a black wood flagstaff with a gold painted finial.
Gallery Label:
The "Cromwell flag" was the original flag of the American colonies, adopted in 1707.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
