Lot 1218
An American 14-Star Secession Era Flag, c. 1860, hand-made, wool broadcloth and woven cotton, the stars appliquéd to the canton on both sides, accompanied by a detailed analysis from renowned flag authority and textile conservator Fonda Thomsen, 43 in. x 53 in.
PLEASE NOTE: "Great care was taken to produce an attractive finished product", Thomsen observes. As to the fourteen star, eleven stripe configuration he comments: "There are flags in existence that were constructed in the pre or early Civil War years by southern sympathizers to express their belief that the southern states were the true union."
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