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CANTON

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REVERSE 1

REVERSE 1

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ZFC0687

U.S. 34 Star Flag.

Sub-collection: Mastai - Early American Flags

34-Star U.S. Flag, Civil War Period.
This well made, American Civil War period, 34-star flag is a combination of machine and hand stitching. The cotton canvas hoist is finished with a roped header, often seen on maritime flags or large institutional flags. The fly is short and was likely cut to its current length as a repair job. A cotton sleeve had been added to the flag; likely for indoor post-war display.

The flag's exact history is unknown but it was formerly flag # 339 in the acclaimed flag collection of noted antique dealer Mr. Boleslaw Mastai and his wife Marie-Louise d'Otrange Mastai, formerly of New York City and later of Amagansett, Long Island.

The Mastai collection was the result of 50 years of collecting, research and study by the late husband-wife team. Mastai, started collecting in the mid-20th century and amassed the greatest private flag collection in the United States, which he detailed in his ground breaking book The Stars and The Stripes; The American Flag from Birth of the Republic to the Present, published by Alfred Knopf, New York 1973. It was hailed as a revelation of the American flag as art and as social history.

Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 2002 from the Mastai Flag Collection through auction at Sotheby's of New York City.

ZFC Important Flag

Sources:



Mastai, Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange, The Stars and The Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the republic to the Present, Knopf, New York, 1973.

34 Star Flag - (1861-1863) (U.S.), Flags of the World, 28 April 2012, from: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-1861.html

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection.



Hoist & Fly

Width of Hoist 70
Length of Fly 108

Union/Canton

Width of Union/Canton 38
Length of Union/Canton 38.5

Stars

Comments on Star Measurements Cotton 5point stars, 6-6-5-5-6-6

Stripes

Width of 1st Stripe 5.75
Width of 3rd Stripe 5.75
Width of 8th Stripe 5.25
Width of Last Stripe 5.75
Size of Hoist 2.5

Frame

Is it framed? no

Stars

Number of Stars 34
How are the stars embeded? Sewn
Are there stars on obverse? yes
Are there stars on reverse? yes

Stripes

Number of Stripes 13
Color of Top Stripe Red
Color of Bottom Stripe Red
Has a Blood Stripe? no

Nationality

Nation Represented United States

Fabric

Fabric Wool
Comments on Fabric Bunting

Stitching

Stitching Combination
Comments on Stitching Hand & Machine stitching

Thread

Type of Thread needs analysis
Thread Material needs analysis

Weave

Type of Weave Plain

Attachment

Comments on Method of Attachmen a sleeve has also been asdded
Through header
Method of Attachment Loops

Applica

Applique Sides Single Faced = Mirror Image Reverse

Documentation

Documents
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Drawings
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Research Documents
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Public Copy & Signs
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.

Condition

Condition Good
Damage uused, stars slightly stained, some minor wear and tear/ REINFORCEMENT PATCHES
Displayable yes

Date

Date 1861-1863