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Pictorial Quilts- SAMPLER MENNONITE ANTIQUE PIECED QUILT
- 'THIS OLD HOUSE' ANTIQUE QUILT
- LONG ISLAND CANDLEWICK ANTIQUE SPREAD, Howell Family
- 1893 FLORAL 'CONTAINED' CRAZY ANTIQUE QUILT
- CENTENNIAL KERCHIEF 'TUMBLERS' ANTIQUE QUILT
- BRODERIE PERSE DOUBLE IRISH CHAIN ANTIQUE QUILT
- RED PAISLEY WHOLE CLOTH QUILT
- SAMPLER ANTIQUE QUILT, signed ELMER, ANNIE ROLLO
- VICTORIAN LADIES CIGARETTE PREMIUMS ANTIQUE QUILT
- CENTENNIAL 1876 AMERICAN FLAGS COMMEMORATIVE ANTIQUE QUILT
- OAK LEAF AND REEL ANTIQUE QUILT
- LAYERED FLOWERS IN A TINY POT ANTIQUE APPLIQUE QUILT, vine border
- MARRIAGE SENTIMENTS ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT
- HOUSES ANTIQUE QUILT
- MAP of the UNITED STATES AND CANADA ANTIQUE QUILT
- FOLKY FOUR-BLOCK ANTIQUE APPLIQUE QUILT
- WHOLE CLOTH GLAZED COTTON ANTIQUE QUILT, rose print on pale mint green
- HORSE AND FLOWERS AMISH NEEDLEWORK ANTIQUE TABLE RUG
- FOUR PATCH SUITING EMBROIDERED VINTAGE QUILT
- SCHERENSCHNITTE APPLIQUE ANTIQUE QUILT, PA. Mennonite; museum piece
- AMERICAN FLAGS ANTIQUE TRUNDLE QUILT
- TRAPUNTO WHITEWORK ANTIQUE QUILT - WREATHS AND SERPENTINE ROWS
- MARSEILLES ANTIQUE BEDSPREAD, RED PALM TREES
- CIVIL WAR ALBUM SAMPLER ANTIQUE QUILT, Rahway, N J, Rev.Young
- CRAZY SQUARES ANTIQUE SILK QUILT
- VICTORIAN 'WALLPAPER STRIPE' ANTIQUE WHOLE CLOTH QUILT
- CHINOISERIE WHOLE CLOTH ANTIQUE QUILT
- 'PRINTED PATCHWORK' A FAUX ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT
- HOLIDAY AND FLOWERS EMBROIDERED WOOL VINTAGE QUILT TOP
- TRAPUNTO COMPASSES, FOUR STAR MEDALLIONS ANTIQUE QUILT
- SINGLE IRISH CHAIN WITH FLORAL APPLIQUES ANTIQUE QUILT
- SCHWENKFELDER EMBROIDERED ALBUM ANTIQUE QUILT
- PATRIOTIC BANNERS PIECED ANTIQUE COVERLET, WALL HANGING
- PATRIOTIC AUNT ELIZA'S STAR ANTIQUE QUILT
- 1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL FLAGS OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD THAT EXHIBITED
- STARRY BUNTING ANTIQUE CRIB QUILT
- 'TARGETS' PATRIOTIC ANTIQUE PIECED QUILT
- FLAGS AND STORYBOOK ANTIQUE TRUNDLE QUILT
- MONUMENTAL HOUSE ANTIQUE QUILT, Sally Goforth, Weymouth NJ
- 'THIS OLD HOUSE' ANTIQUE QUILT
- THIS OLD HOUSE ANTIQUE QUILT reverse coloration
- CARD SUITS ORIENTAL PRINT WORKS WHOLE CLOTH QUILT
- TRAPUNTO CORDED WHITEWORK ANTIQUE QUILT, floral and leaf motifs
- TRAPUNTO WHITEWORK ANTIQUE PILLOW SHAM OR TABLE COVER
- FRENCH BOUTIS ANTIQUE QUILT, reversible with two different sides
- FLORAL CLUSTERS ANTIQUE WHOLE CLOTH QUILT, blue background
- TRAPUNTO WHITEWORK WITH BASKETS BORDER ANTIQUE QUILT, king size
- TRAPUNTO TENDRILS AND VINES ANTIQUE QUILT, delicate imagery
- 'GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTS' SCRIPTURES ANTIQUE QUILT
- REDWORK EMBROIDERED BUTTERFLIES ANTIQUE QUILT
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Quilts > 19th CENTURY QUILTS > Pictorial Quilts > CENTENNIAL 1876 AMERICAN FLAGS COMMEMORATIVE ANTIQUE QUILT
CENTENNIAL 1876 AMERICAN FLAGS COMMEMORATIVE ANTIQUE QUILT
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| These 39-star flag kerchiefs were the printed commemoratives created to honor the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. They have a fascinating place in American history because a 39 state flag was never put to use| superceded by the admission of the 40th state| to the Union. One kerchief alone is rare and scarce. Described as "The'International Flag'... with an unofficial total of thirty-nine stars in its constellation| is notable not only for its canton-which contains six vertical "rows|" three with six stars and three with seven stars-but also for its border of small flags of the nations that were to attend the United States' hundredth birthday party. It brings to mind a flag carried by the printers of calico for the July 4| 1788| celebrations in Philadelphia; on that occasion the Stars and Stripes was surrounded by an edge of thirty-seven prints of various colors and carried the motto "May the Union government protect the manufacturers of America." (Mastai| "The Stars and the Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present|" page 162) Said to reflect America's emergence as a world power| a bridge to East and West. American flag surrounded by 38 other nations' flags--Great Britain| France| Germany| Belgium| Holland| Switzerland| Russia| Austria| Denmark| Sweden| Norway| Italy| Spain| Portugal| Turkey| Siam| Tunis| Persia| Egypt| Brazil| Peru| Venezuela| Honduras| Guatemala| Ecuador| Bolivia| Nicaragua| Chili| Argentine| U.S. Columbia| Ireland| China| Japan| Morocco| Sandwich| Hayti| Liberia| and Mexico. Kerchief patented DEC 28. 1875"; 135-year-old rare flag ephemera. Centennial Exhibition held in Fairmount Park| Philadelphia. Historic because of the 39 stars flag| and also visually significant with its multiple imagery| a precursor to some works by Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. Some dye bleed in one area from moisture.
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