American Market Large Japanese Eagle & Flag Silkwork

The Ottoman textile has gold embroidery on a beige satin silk background depicting flowers. The massive silk work depicts the garden-like setting of heaven described in the Qur'an...

Wedgwood porcelain plaques of ships- The clipper ship, great republic & clipper ship Hurricane 1976-1981 The two painted plaques depict on one The...

Wedgwood Porcelain plaques of ships The Great Republic and The Dashing Wave 1976-1981 The pair of Wedgwood porcelain painted plaques eac...

American oval shadow box felt picture depicts strawberries in an openwork straw basket with the large long handle rising above. Within an oval gilt frame...

Very fine Italian 18th century silkwork picture depicting Torquato Tasso, the great Italian Renaissance poet, finely wrought with hundreds of grey and w...

A large Ghanaian hand stitched Fante Asafo flag, in a dark walnut frame. Depicting the Union Jack, a central lion, surrounded by four jacana birds.

Presented is a patriotic folding paper fan, with an American flag motif. The fan is painted with two small American flags at left and right and two...

Presented is a printed folding fan featuring the American Flag, which dates to the early 20th century. With 48 printed stars on the fan’s canton, the fan celebrates New Mexico and Arizona statehood. The fan’s design is completed with 13 alternating red and white stripes across its white sticks and guard. The 48-star flag had a fly date of 47 years, from July 4, 1912 to July 3, 1958. Prior to the introduction of the 48-star flag with the admission of New Mexico and Arizona to the Union in 1912, no legislation existed regarding the official proportions, sizes, and pattern for stars on the American flag. As a result, many Americans designed the starry canton of their homemade flags to their own whim, in medallion, spiral, and flower star configurations. Coinciding with the introduction of the 48 star flag in 1912, President William Howard Taft...