Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag w/13 stars
Object Number:
INV.11102
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 60 1/2 in. ( 92.1 x 153.7 cm )
Description:
Reproduction wool machine sewn U.S. flag with thirteen cotton stars applied to both sides of the canton in a circle; thirteen red and white stripes.
Gallery Label:
This reproduction U.S. flag is one of many designs used in the colonial period after the flag resolution of 1773, which stated, "...the Flag of the United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
