Historic New England

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a printed black-and-white image of snow-topped birdhouses with geometic patterns in front of a tall tree. Printed inscriptions in red ink in the lower left and right corners.

Maker: Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985 (Artist) Bayer, Joella Syrara Haweis, 1907-2004 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334764

Accession Number: 1984.496.88

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard made from a print in mint green and black ink. Printed inscription on front and handwritten on back with American postage (Aspen, CO).

Maker: Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985 (Artist) Bayer, Joella Syrara Haweis, 1907-2004 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, postage stamps

GUSN: 334765

Accession Number: 1984.496.89

Gropius Christmas Card

Card with black-and-white print of a drawing by Herbert Bayer on the front, handwritten inscription inside, and printed inscription on back.

Date: 1949

Maker: Bayer, Joella Syrara Haweis, 1907-2004

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334766

Accession Number: 1984.496.90

Gropius Christmas Card

Card with print of horizontal and vertical lines and dashes in black ink, as well as handwritten and printed inscriptions.

Maker: Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist) Albers, Anni (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334767

Accession Number: 1984.496.91

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card with black and white design and printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist) Albers, Anni (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334768

Accession Number: 1984.496.92

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with printed design of black dots on front and printed and handwritten inscriptions on back.

Maker: Albers, Anni (Artist) Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334769

Accession Number: 1984.496.93

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card from Josef and Anni Albers with black and white design printed on the front. Printed inscription on back of card.

Maker: Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist) Albers, Anni (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334770

Accession Number: 1984.496.94

Christmas card made from a piece of folded paper. Printed inscription on front, handwritten inscription inside, and print of a circular design in interior. Interior also has a loose piece of blue tissue paper, cut to the size of the card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), tissue paper, ink

GUSN: 334771

Accession Number: 1984.496.95

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with an original Joan Miro print on the front cover (70/75) and printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: Miro, Joan (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334772

Accession Number: 1984.496.96

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334773

Accession Number: 1984.496.97

Gropius Christmas Card

White card with embossed design of polka dots and embossed text.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 334774

Accession Number: 1984.496.98

Gropius Christmas Card

White card with embossed design of polka dots and embossed text.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 334775

Accession Number: 1984.496.99

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card made from folded, overlapping layers of glossy, colored card with geometric cut outs. Printed inscriptions in white in innermost layer.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334776

Accession Number: 1984.496.100

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from folded, overlapping layers of colored card with circle cut outs. Printed inscription on front.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334777

Accession Number: 1984.496.101

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334778

Accession Number: 1984.496.102

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with an image of a Lyonel Feininger woodblock print printed on the front in green ink. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside; handwritten inscription is continued on back of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334779

Accession Number: 1984.496.103

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from layers of colored paper folded around a square white card with printed inscriptions.

Date: 1961

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334780

Accession Number: 1984.496.104

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a folded piece of white paper. Prints of red, black, and gray rectangles and printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334781

Accession Number: 1984.496.105

Gropius Christmas Card

White greeting card with print of Structural Constellations by Josef Albers on the front cover and printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334782

Accession Number: 1984.496.106

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a piece of red card with paper triangles in black and white affixed to the front and printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Date: 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334783

Accession Number: 1984.496.107

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card on (possibly rice) paper with a print in indigo and gold ink on the front of a bridge over water. Interior bears a print of a willow-like tree and printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334784

Accession Number: 1984.496.108

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card made from a piece of glossy red paper folded in half to make a square and glued shut. Front bears a circle in matte red ink; back bears the year in the same matte red and printed inscriptions in white.

Date: 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334785

Accession Number: 1984.496.109

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with a black-and-white photograph of classical architecture on the front and embossed inscription inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334786

Accession Number: 1984.496.110

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with a print of Oskar Schlemmer's Der Mensch in black ink over gray on the cover. Printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334787

Accession Number: 1984.496.111

Gropius Christmas Card

Season's greetings card with a print of an interior space by Kiyoshi Saito on the cover and printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334788

Accession Number: 1984.496.112

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from printed perspective drawings folded like a triptych. A gold star sticker is affixed to the front at the point of the obelisk in the drawing. Handwritten inscriptions on the back of both folded sections.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, stickers

GUSN: 334789

Accession Number: 1984.496.113

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with printed black-and-white photograph on the front of an aerial view of a garden space with curved walls. Printed inscriptions inside and on back cover.

Date: 1954

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334790

Accession Number: 1984.496.114

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with black-and-white image of a curved white form on the front accompanied by printed inscriptions in red and black ink. Handwritten inscription on back.

Date: 1951

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334791

Accession Number: 1984.496.115

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card on light brown paper with snowflakes and season's greetings printed in black ink on the cover. Printed and handwritten insciprions inside and on back.

Date: 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334792

Accession Number: 1984.496.116

Gropius Christmas Card

New Year's card made from a piece of paper folded in half. Front bears a line drawing (possibly printed) in black ink of a fish and waves which have been filled in with paint, as well as a handwritten (or possibly printed) inscription. Back bears printed inscriptions and a printed symbol that may re...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, paint (coating)

GUSN: 334793

Accession Number: 1984.496.117

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with a print of medieval illustrations on the front and handwritten inscriptions on the back. German postage.

Date: 1959

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, postage stamps

GUSN: 334794

Accession Number: 1984.496.170

Metal Implement

Silver implement with screws.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 336516

Accession Number: 2019.17.37

Pincushion

Circular embroidered pincushion; floral design; with a tan ribbon around the sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347263

Accession Number: 1927.1106

Pincushion

Small pincushion made of red velvet; set in wired basket.

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), wire

GUSN: 347276

Accession Number: 1939.152

Pincushion

Green fish shaped pincushion with many pins sticking out.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347277

Accession Number: 2008.14.19

Pincushion

Globe-shaped pincushion with purple velvet and metal caging.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347278

Accession Number: 2008.14.20

Pincushion

Circular pincushion with wooden panels; administration building at the World's Columbian Exchange, Chicago 1893; red velvet.

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 347279

Accession Number: 2008.14.21

Weaving Set

Weave-It kit.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347280

Accession Number: 2008.12.116.1

Weaving Kit

Weave-It kit including box, woven fabric sample, needle, and small Weave-It loom.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347281

Accession Number: 2008.12.116.2

Weaving Set

Handicraft loom weaving set.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347282

Accession Number: 2008.12.117

Carpet Fragments

Three fragments from the carpet in Dorothy Codman's bedroom on the third floor of the main house on the Codman Estate (.1-.3). Small metal items including a ring with decorative string embellishment (.4), a pin (.5), a fragmented point (.6), and a needle (.7)

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 347321

Accession Number: 1969.19162.1-.6

Carpet Fragment

Purple-gray carpet fragment. The rug from which this fragment was taken was in storage in what had been Dorothy Codman's bedroom on the third floor of the main house on the Codman Estate. At some time after 1930 the room was used for storage by the family. The rug appears in a 1969 inventory photogr...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347322

Accession Number: 1969.19163

Hooked Rug

Multi-colored concentric design of 35 rings (layout 5x7) in hit-or-miss on cream/green background, bound with continuous pink-colored tape, folded through three corners and cut at one corner. Previous binding visible was a tan-colored plain weave fabric.

Date: early 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347323

Accession Number: 1966.823.2

Hooked rug

Large red, brown and blue leaves on brown background. Machine stitched plain weave black binding around edges. (skips in stitches and changes of stitch lengths). Illegible twill tape tag and paper tag knotted with string to tag.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347325

Accession Number: 1966.829

Hooked rug

Brown leaf on dark brown border with soft pink floral and red raised berry design. Center cartouche is cream and design is surrounded by brown border. Black binding around 4 sides - previous. No selvages on jute ground, all sides are cut.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347326

Accession Number: 1966.830

Hooked rug

Large brown leaves and multi-colored floral sprigs on beige background cartouche surrounded by brown border. Short sides are bound with twill tape.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), yarn, hooking

GUSN: 347327

Accession Number: 1966.831

Hooked rug

Large red and blue floral central design with green leaves on left and right sides on beige background. Narrow black border all around. Two sets of twill tape, one placed over the other, bind the rug. Fully lined with jute, obscuring the reverse pattern.

Date: early-mid 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347328

Accession Number: 1966.834

Hooked rug

Blue, red, beige, and brown leafed wreath on beige ground. Black twill binding carried through corners. Possibly larger design originally as narrow black/brown hooked border is visible underneath binding and pattern is slightly off center. Rug is fully lined.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), jute (fiber), hooking

GUSN: 347329

Accession Number: 1966.835

Hooked rug

Cottage scene (and text: "Home sweet home March 1933") in predominantly black/grey.

Date: 1933

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), cotton (textile), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347330

Accession Number: 1966.836

Hooked rug

Multicolored checked design of 8x14 squares (small striped motif) resembling a basket weave pattern. Each individual square is outlined in black. No binding.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: rayon, jute (fiber), cotton (textile), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347331

Accession Number: 1966.841

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