A rare 44-Star American National Flag commemorating Wyoming statehood Patent date August 12, 1890

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American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts

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Nov 10, 2021

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Freeman’s November 10 American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction features a fine selection of silver, furniture, paintings, flags, and objects illustrating the customs, politics, and design sensibilities of early America. Curated by Lynda Cain, Head of American Furniture Department. Freeman's info@freemansauction.com

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• Lot Description
  A rare 44-Star American National Flag commemorating Wyoming statehood Patent date August 12, 1890

  The felt stars arranged to form the initials "U S" machine-sewn to a three-part wool bunting canton, tredle machine-sewn wool bunting stripes, canvas header pocket retaining period hemp rope. The heading inscribed in ink, "Dr. H.F. Copeland/ Whitman, Mass." on one side and "Pat. Aug 12, 1890," on the reverse.

  
  
  (70 3/4 in. x 114 in.)
  
  

  Provenance

  The flag was once owned by Dr. Horatio Franklin Copeland (1842-1918) who lived for many years on Washington Street in Whitman, Massachusetts. Copeland studied medicine at Harvard and upon graduation served as assistant physician to the U.S. 23rd Regiment Colored Infantry at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia during the last year of the Civil War.

  Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.

  
  
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  Note

  The design of this rare flag was patented by W. R. Washburn of Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is one of four or five known to exist.

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