Historic New England

Gropius Christmas Card

New Year's card made from multiple pieces of paper. The exterior is made of a piece of paper with a silver pattern and a piece of brown paper. Four small pieces of paper with asian characters are affixed in a line to the brown paper. Interior is made of a piece of blue and a piece of red paper. An i...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334751

Accession Number: 1984.496.75

Gropius Christmas Card

Card made from red and brown (may have originally been blue) construction paper folded in thirds. A printed image of "A Lunar Halo" - a bright celestial body over water with a hot air balloon in the midground - is affixed to the interior of the card. Handwritten inscription on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334752

Accession Number: 1984.496.76

Gropius Christmas Card

A bound book of prints in gold and silver inks with text on the front cover.

Maker: Kranz, Kurt, 1910- (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, thread

GUSN: 334753

Accession Number: 1984.496.77

Gropius Christmas Card

Large card made from an outer layer of red paper, folded in half, with a printed image affixed to the interior. Printed image is an illustration of a street celebration with dragon dancers and revelers. Illustration is signed "Chi Chen." Printed inscriptions in gold on front and interior; handwritte...

Maker: Chen, Chi (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334754

Accession Number: 1984.496.78

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from two layers of delicate white paper. The outer layer (cover) is printed with red, blue, yellow, and gray fish. Handwritten inscription inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334755

Accession Number: 1984.496.79

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with printed image on cover in black ink: the design reads Merry Christmas in stylized letters. Printed inscription inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334756

Accession Number: 1984.496.80

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card made from a piece of paper folded twice with a printed image of pink figures against an orange background on the front. Handwritten inscriptions inside; printed inscription on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), adhesive, graphite pencils, ink

GUSN: 334757

Accession Number: 1984.496.81

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334758

Accession Number: 1984.496.82

Gropius Christmas Card

Card with red and orange checkered pattern on thin, semi-translucent white paper (possibly rice paper). Printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334759

Accession Number: 1984.496.83

Gropius Christmas Card

Card with blue and gray checkered pattern on thin, semi-translucent paper (possibly rice paper). Printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334760

Accession Number: 1984.496.84

Gropius Christmas Card

Card with blue and gray checkered pattern on thin, semi-translucent paper (possibly rice paper). Printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334761

Accession Number: 1984.496.85

Gropius Christmas Card

Card with silver checkered pattern on thin brown paper (possibly rice paper). Printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334762

Accession Number: 1984.496.86

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with multicolored print of a geometric design on the front and printed inscriptions on the back.

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

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334763

Accession Number: 1984.496.87

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

Gropius Christmas Card

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

Dog Figurine

Ceramic figurine of a seated dog, possibly a greyhound. White with green painted base. Remnants of paint and glaze on surface, including collar and blue eyes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 290812

Accession Number: 1931.1473

Glass Girandole

Glass girandole with two arms. Cut glass bobeche has nine suspended drops. Right arm has a single drop attached to the bottom edge of the bobeche. Split beaded chains with large drop at one end run from each bobeche up to a glass dome hung with four drops. Flattened molded glass finial. Rectangular ...

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 290814

Accession Number: 1976.166.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of neoclassical hall wallpaper from Worcester, Massachusetts. The primary motif of the pattern is two parrots perched on top of a basket of flowers and fruit [Fragment A]. In the background is a pattern of repeating small stylized white sprigs [Fragment B]. The paper includes a wid...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290815

Accession Number: 2001.281.960A-C

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the background pattern of the reproduction wallpaper "Louise" by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Pattern consists of small stylized sprigs.

Date: 1975-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), film (material by form)

GUSN: 290817

Accession Number: 2001.281.961

Wallpaper Border or Frieze

Fragment of Art Nouveau-style wallpaper border or frieze with flowering vine pattern. Equally spaced green stems grow upward from the bottom of the border, each with a yellow blossom in profile and two three-lobed green leaves against a red background. The vines rise and intertwine along the top o...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290822

Accession Number: 2001.281.962

Wallpaper

Small fragment of damask-patterned wallpaper. The wallpaper was chosen by John Quincy Adams for use in the formal sitting room of the "Old House," part of the Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts. The paper has a dense floral swag and foliate scrolls pattern with hanging cord and t...

Date: 1826

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290826

Accession Number: 2001.281.963

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from Contoocook, New Hampshire. Pattern of stripes with alternating motifs, one stripe of stylized dandelion figures printed in white and gray, another of stylized lacy ribbon in white, and a third in solid purple. The solid stripe divides the two stripes with motifs. ...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290829

Accession Number: 2001.281.964

Decanter

Decanter (a) with cut circular stopper (b) and rectangular silver "Bourbon" label (c) hanging around decanter neck. Decanter has cylindrical bulbous body, arched shoulder, three applied rings on neck and wide flaring lip. Decanter decorated with ribbing above base and oblong panels around shoulder. ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, pressed glass

GUSN: 290870

Accession Number: 1993.571.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper affixed to paperboard with printed label "Wall Paper from Governor Gore House, Waltham, Massachusetts." Known as the "Devil Paper" or "Devils Paper", the wallpaper's pattern is influenced by the grotesque figures of French printmaker Jacques Callot (1592-1635). The pattern, b...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290872

Accession Number: 2001.281.965

Vase

One of a pair of vases with deep orange enameled vignettes with gilt accents on white ground. White clay body with colorless glaze. Vasi or gallipot form with globular body and defined shoulders. Slightly tapered out at mouth. Vase decorated with gilt stylized floral devices and a feathered border a...

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290873

Accession Number: 1972.29B

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from the General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, Braintree, Massachusetts. Vertical stripes composed of six-pointed stars in circles alternate with stripes of a vine with feather-like leaves. Dividing these stripes, which are block-printed in orange and white, are stripes...

Date: 1808-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290883

Accession Number: 2001.281.966

Wallpaper

Two fragments of neoclassical wallpaper found lining a trunk from Monmouth, Maine. Large-scale pattern of foliate swags and floral sprays. The swags enclose three pastoral vignettes. Visible in these fragments are a shepherdess holding a crook [Fragment A] and a group of sheep [Fragment B]. Missi...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 290933

Accession Number: 2001.281.967AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Naturalistic floral vine with red and white roses, blue tendrils and leaves form a background pattern on white ground. Secondary stripe in gray with metallic gold edge only partially visible. Roller-printed in two p...

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290944

Accession Number: 2001.281.968

"Jacob and Laban"

Framed print of Jacob and Laban. Artist Claude Lorrain. Engraver Wiliam Woollett. Plain gilt frame. A young man meeting an older man and two young women by the edge of the water. Cows on opposite bank. Stone arched bridge in background.

Date: 1783

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding

GUSN: 290981

Accession Number: 1935.70

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper from the Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Repeating diamonds formed by lines with geometric diamond and concentric circles frame Gothic-style quatrefoils. Roller-printed in light cream and metallic gold on cream ground. The paper is affixed to ...

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290997

Accession Number: 2001.281.969.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of flocked border from the Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts. One fragment [A] appears to be a corner and the other [B] is a straight edge affixed to sidewall (see 2001.281.969.1). Fragment [A] has a stylized urn and flower figure placed at a forty-five degree angle to...

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291003

Accession Number: 2001.281.969.2A-C

Wallpaper

Three fragments of floral wallpaper from Cotuit, Massachusetts. The largest fragment [A] is affixed to the back of a cardboard promotional calendar for "The National Shawmut Bank" dated 1956. The wallpaper has an all-over design of stylized flowers and foliage in imitation of a tapestry or other t...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291004

Accession Number: 2001.281.970A-C

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Wallpaper is printed with a geometric tile pattern featuring a stylized floral and foliate medallion in a sixteen-sided tile. The tiles are divided by lozenge figures with sprig and twig figures. The paper is roller-print...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291007

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.1AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper presumed to be from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Navy blue quatrefoils consisting of four stylized flower heads are framed by a white, diamond-shaped lattice. Roller-printed in blue, white and black on ungrounded paper. Wood pulp is visible in t...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291011

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper presumed to be from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Figure of four small green diamonds with red diamond at the center on gray background is framed by diamond lattice. Roller-printed in green, red, gray and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291012

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper roller-printed in metallic gold on gray ground. Wider stripes with stylized flowering vine alternate with narrower stripes with geometric pattern.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291013

Accession Number: 2001.281.972

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4523, named "The Helena." White on blue damask pattern with floral bouquets and lace ribbon swags. Roller-printed in white and pale blue on blue ground. Paper has light ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 291014

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.1