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The Forster flag auction catalogue April 9, 2014 Doyle New York
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 289 .U55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doyle New York
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Flags.
- Forster, Samuel, 1739-1794.
- Forster, Samuel.
- Forster, Israel, 1779-1863.
- Forster, Israel.
- Foster family.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Flags--Exhibitions.
- United States.
- Flags--United States--Exhibitions.
- American Revolution (1775-1783).
- Physical Description:
- 55 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- April 9, 2014
- New York : Doyle New York, 2014.
- Summary:
- The Forster Flag is an American Revolutionary War-era silk flag comprised of a field of fine red silk, a canton of numberous stitched lengths of a differing red silk, and thirteen applied white stripes (six to the obverse and seven to the reverse). The Forster Flag has long been accompanied by a pair of tassels and an antique dress sash. [from the auction catalogue, p. 6]
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- OCLC:
- 875419950
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