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FABULOUS & RARE “TRUMBULL” PATTERN 13-STAR AMERICAN FLAG, CIRCA 1840
02-23130-1
72″ x 40″ thirteen star flag with rare “Trumbull” pattern of rectangular formation of twelve 3 1/2″ stars surrounding 4 1/2″ central star. Cotton stars are double applique. 1.75″ linen hoist has 2 hand whipped eyelets at either end. Wool bunting blue field, red & white stripes are all hand sewn. This pattern receives its name from artist John Trumbull, Revolutionary War soldier and aide to George Washington. He was commissioned by Congress in 1821 for large painting showing George Washington accepting British surrender at Saratoga, NY in 1777. Trumbull details an American flag with same canton design in that painting. Very few antebellum sewn examples of this flag are known, and none could be better.
PROVENANCE: Ronald Katchuk estate collection; Poulin Auctions Oct. 20, 2019; Nicholas Strand lifetime American flag collection.
STATUS: NON-GUN
