Lot 507

Lot 507

[FLAGS]. Civil War-era 34-star parade flag commemorating Kansas statehood. Ca 1861-1863.

Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Oct 25, 2024 10:00AM ET

Live / Cincinnati

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$4,000 - 6,000

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$5,080

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[FLAGS]. Civil War-era 34-star parade flag commemorating Kansas statehood. Ca 1861-1863.

24 x 47 in. wool blend flag with 34 stars printed in 7-7-7-6-7 "akimbo" rows, printed stripes on wool blend. Cotton header with two brass grommets having blue and white twill ties, ink inscription, "E.S. Pierce," and stamped "Mastai Collection" twice and "34," /"2" x 4," and "/No. 14" in graphite. Mounted in a plexiglass frame.

Provenance: Former collection of Boleslaw and Marie Louise d'Otrange Mastai; The collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.

Note

Clamp-dyed wool flags of this type were often called camp colors and hung at tents of high ranking officers at encampments.

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