Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag: 48 stars American Flag w/fringe
Object Number:
1948.64a
Date:
1930-1945
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 55 x 68 1/2 in. ( 139.7 x 174 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on label at top of hoist: "FEDERAL/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ GOVERNMENT QUALITY"
Description:
Silk U.S. flag with forty-eight machine-embroidered stars in the canton; machine sewn; gold fringe around three edges of the field, not along the hoist.
Gallery Label:
This flag belonged to General Robert Lee Bullard.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert Lee Bullard
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
