Flag: A 38-star American national flag commemorating Colorado statehood on August 1, 1876, made 1876–1889 1876–1889

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April 14, 05:34 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Flag: A 38-star American national flag commemorating Colorado statehood on August 1, 1876, made 1876–1889

1876–1889


The hand-sewn single-appliqued cotton muslin stars configured in vertically offset rows of six, with two outlying stars, on the three-piece hand-sewn wool bunting canton machine-sewn to the stripes; the stripes are matching sewn wool bunting; there is a sailcloth canvas sleeve hand-sewn to the flag enclosing aperiod hemp rope, which has the ink inscription C.H. Green; period reinforcing patches have been hand-sewn on to all four corners of the flag.

Approximately 7 ft. 5 in. by 14 ft.

The American Flag Collection of Thomas S. Connelly (Sotheby's New York, 23 May 2002, lot 146)

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