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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified

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Artists often decorate flag holders with patriotic symbols and colors. In this piece, made in the nineteenth century, the artist painted three stars around two crossed American flags. The flag on the right has twenty-one stars, while the other has twenty-two. This may symbolize the twenty-first and twenty-second states, Illinois and Alabama, who joined the Union in 1818 and 1819.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Date

19th century

Object number

1986.65.80

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Decorative Arts

Folk Art

Medium

carved and painted wood

Dimensions

20 7/8 x 14 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (53.0 x 36.2 x 8.9 cm)

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Department

Decorative Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Object\other\flag

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a540fdbc-ca56-4790-8bda-ebe586a6af3f

Record ID

saam_1986.65.80