YORKTOWN 1781 Flag and MARTHA WASHINGTON gown

Two historical textile fragments, framed together behind glass in a 7-1/2 x 4” metal frame with a solid metal back plate, according to the old ink inscription above each relic :

Piece of flag surrendered to Gen. Washington at Yorktown, by Lord Cornwallis -
(a white fragment, 1-1/8” x 3/8”)


Piece of Martha Washington's Ball dress -

(size 4 “x 2-1/2”, white or cream silk, embroidered motifs in white-on-white, and pale blue with gold/brown)

Provenance :
“Framed piece of surrender flag of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October, 1781, and a piece of a Martha Washington ball dress. Received from Mrs. Cazenove G. Lee, Jr. (whose husband was a direct descendent of Richard Henry Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence), 1965. Mr. Lee has also etched his name on the verso.” (Mr. RLS, Jr)

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