$8,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
A Grand Old Flag: The Stars and Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim
Auction: November 24, 2019 1:00:00 PM EDT
Hand-sewn, double appliqued cotton stars arranged in an oval double medallion or wreath enclosing a single larger star and enclosed by 4 corner stars on a three-part wool bunting canton, machine-sewn wool bunting stripes, wide canvas sleeve stamped several times, "Mastai Collection," and inscribed, "No. 41."
6 ft. x 11 ft. 6 in.Provenance: The Collection of Boleslaw and Marie-Louise d'Otrange Mastai.
Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), 136 & 137.
Boleslaw & Marie-Louise d'Otrange Mastai, The Stars and The Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present (1973), 80
Note: The Mastais' commentary on this Flag: "This ensign has its thirty-eight stars displayed in a 'double' wreath' pattern that is not only graceful but meaningful: The inner ring consists of thirteen stars symbolizing the original states, while the outer ring groups stars representing the balance of the states that had joined the Union since its origin. One might judge the central star to be Guest of Honor- Colorado, admitted to statehood in 1876."
Colorado was admitted to the Union, August 1, 1876, under President Ulysses S. Grant.