$2,520
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Machine-sewn wool bunting and cotton, sleeve retains leather tab, mounted.
47 1/2 in. x 74 1/2 in.Provenance
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
Note
With a canton derived from the British Union Jack and thirteen stripes to represent each of the North American colonies, the Grand Union Flag is considered the first, though unofficial national flag of the United States. It was used briefly as a naval ensign during the War of Independence from 1775 to 1777, purportedly first raised on the war ship Alfred on the Delaware River at Philadelphia by John Paul Jones.