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Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« on: April 23, 2013, 12:39:07 pm »
Hello,

Does anyone know what this piece might be? I referred to it as a tapestry for lack of a better word. It measures 31" x 31". I have tried to learn more about the image that is sewn into this, but have had no luck identifying it. I can't even place the second flag on it. I thought this was an interesting piece, so I decided to pick it up when I saw it. If anyone has any information about what its significance might be and if it has any value, I'd appreciate it. Thanks as always!

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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2013, 12:54:55 pm »
I have a feeling that this other flag is French..not the flag of France, more of a Regimental Pennant.....as they were allied to the Americans during the War of Independance...havi ng done a bit more searching...it could be a Swedish,flag,as Swedes were involved, on the Contenental army,s side as was Gen Von Steuban..from Prussia,...I know i,m knocking on the door...but...its finding the right door...thats eluding me...maybe when the big arsed book man comes along..he,ll know...he knows everything else...so i see no reason why he won,t know this.... ;D
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2013, 01:26:08 pm »
Haha. Thanks for sharing the possibilities. I, too, thought maybe the other flag could have been Swedish at first, but I still couldn't get anywhere with that. I appreciate the background info!
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2013, 01:54:51 pm »
Doesn't look like the Swedish flag and the Stars and Stripes number 16, later than the war of independance and earlier than the civil war
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2013, 02:11:45 pm »
What school did you go to, I count 17....any advance? ;D
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2013, 02:32:40 pm »
As there was only 13 States at the start of the War of Independance,...therefore there would only be 13 stars, so Ippy is correct on one fact...but still can,t count...either that..or i,m needing Mart,s $2 specials.... ;D
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2013, 02:32:54 pm »
War of 1812?
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2013, 02:38:13 pm »
The Love of Liberty.This is a quote from William Hazlitt 1778.1830
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2013, 02:46:38 pm »
Quote from: ghopper1924 on April 23, 2013, 02:32:54 pm
War of 1812?
could well be, but it still does,nt account for 17 stars,not even 16...as there was only 15...from 1778 to 1818...
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2013, 03:15:31 pm »
Isn't that the national flag of Sweden on the right?
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2013, 03:21:10 pm »
I'm not sure whether this would help at all, but here is a close up picture of just the stars. I was also wondering if there might be more stars than actually visible. That star in the middle seems like it could be a few stars that look clustered together due to the way the flag is draped. And it doesn't seem the stars form a specific pattern either. Then again, I know nothing about what's being shown so I could be totally wrong.
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2013, 03:27:12 pm »
Quote from: jacon4 on April 23, 2013, 03:15:31 pm
Isn't that the national flag of Sweden on the right?

Nope. The white sections of the flag are strange.

I've done a flag search and found nothing

http://www.flags.net/search.php
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2013, 03:38:15 pm »
Sweden is the obvious answer, but...like Ippy says its the white flashes that are confusing...
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2013, 04:05:33 pm »
And the diamond panels within the cross.
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Re: Help Identifying Patriotic Cloth Tapestry(?)
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2013, 04:13:17 pm »
What diamond panels....where,d you see them....
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