White silk square, printed overall in colour with flags of all nations, based on a published flag chart on paper of the early Victorian period. There are 170 small flags, a larger one in each of the four corners and a large Royal standard of post 1837 design in the centre. The large American flat in the top right corner is printed with 11 stripes instead of the correct 13, and has 20 stars. We know from the design of the Royal Standard in the centre that thie piece has to date after 1837, as the arms are Victorian, but 20 stars would have been correct for 1818. It would appear that this was a new pattern produced to mark the change of British monarchs and that the misprint is most likely due to it being an earlier, hurried design that was quickly superseded by the correctly printed version. This flag scarf relates closely to the constantly updated printed flag books and charts which appear as printed paper or linen reference sheets or as illustrations in atlases. This example still retains, in its border, the original plate number. It should also be noted that the red dye appears to be cochineal, a slightly more expensive dye than madder which was more commonly used. This would in turn make it a more expensive object.