{"id":634,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/canton-and-field\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","slug":"canton-and-field","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/canton-and-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton-and-field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Canton-and-field** describes a design in which a distinguishing canton in the upper hoist sits upon a field that is otherwise plain or simply striped. The form is the basis of most national ensigns and of many national flags derived from them: the canton carries the device of allegiance or origin, and the field denotes the function or service.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The flag of the United States, with a starred blue canton on a field of red and white stripes, is the canonical canton-and-field design.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [canton](\/glossary\/canton\/), [field](\/glossary\/field\/), [ensign](\/glossary\/ensign\/), [defacement](\/glossary\/defacement\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-634","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}