Texas Centennial Pennant, circa 1936

Texas Centennial (1936) iron boot scraper featuring longhorn, cactus and Texas Lone Star. Ex. San Antonio Texas Property. In good condition for display or continued use in a rustic o...

Oxford Vintage Pennant, 1913 "in good vintage conditions" "some small holes in the felt" "great color and graphic" "size does not include tassels"

Framed circa 1880 map of Texas with Louisiana and Arkansas. Well detailed. Great for display in any home. Encased in cherry and gold frame with dark green mating. Size: 11" x 9", fra...

Framed circa 1908 map of Texas. Each county separated and colored with panhandle of Texas on same scale in left corner. Well detailed. Would display nicely in any home. Encased in ch...

Framed circa 1886 map of Texas including Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, with Indian territory. Well detailed. Great for display in any home. Encased in cherry and gold frame with dar...

A compelling survey of Texas houses that draw both on the heritage of pioneer ranches and on the twentieth-century design principles of modernism. Helen Thompson and Casey Dunn, the writer/photographer team that produced the exceptionally successful Marfa Modern, join forces again to investigate Texas modernism. The juxtaposition of the sleek European forms with a gritty Texas spirit generated a unique brand of modernism that is very basic to the culture of the state today. Its roots are in the early Texas...

Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadowbox frame. The cotton flag represents the substitute flag R3. The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and ...

Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadow box frame. The cotton flag represents the substitute flag "R2". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope a...

Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadow box frame. The cotton flag represents the substitute flag "R1". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope a...

ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 32-FOOT, SHIP’S COMMISSION PENNANT OF THE 1845-1865 ERA, A HOMEMADE, COTTON EXAMPLE, WITH 13 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, IN A BEAUTIFUL STATE OF PRESERVATION Commission pennants are the distinguishing mark of a commissioned U.S. Navy ship. A ship becomes commissioned when the pennant is hoisted. Flown during both times of peace and war, the only time it is not flown is if a flag officer or civilian official is aboard and replaces it with their own flag. Flown at the topmast, this would be the first thing one would see coming over the horizon and identified the vessel as a warship. Sometimes the owners of private ships mimicked the use of Navy signals. Some seafaring men would have served in the Navy and become privy to various practices in that capacity. Others flew them purely for stylistic reasons, either on a regular basis or while the boat was dressed for special occasion. Hudson River steamers regularly flew pennants of this nature, as evidenced by period photography as well as the paintings of artists such as John and James Bard...