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American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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- Sale 3334
Live
| Philadelphia
Nov 10 | 6:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 3334
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$10,000 – $20,000
The double appliqued hand-sewn blue cotton stars enclose a hand-sewn blue cotton dove above the stenciled inscription, "Union And Liberty Forver" on a muslin canton, 13 hand-sewn and pieced cotton stripes, no sleeve or heading.
6 ft. x 14 ft.Note
The flag was purportedly originally owned by Albert L. Hewitt (1842-1910) prior to his enlistment as a Private in Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment, August 5th, 1864. The Flag was retained by the Hewitt family until the death of his son in 1973.
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
