Historic New England

Artificial Flower

Silk rose.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317495

Accession Number: 1969.7116

Artificial Flower Spray

Silk white carnation spray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317497

Accession Number: 1969.7117

Box containing artificial flower sprays

Gray cardbaord box with green paper border. Contains 1969.7110-1969.7117.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317498

Accession Number: 1969.7118AB

Hair Ornament

Purple feather plume with silver sequined butterfly and attaching wires.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317500

Accession Number: 1969.6923

Feather Plume

Green feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317506

Accession Number: 1969.7132

Feather Plume

Black feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317507

Accession Number: 1969.7133

Feather Plume

Black feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317508

Accession Number: 1969.7134

Feather Plume

Black feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317509

Accession Number: 1969.7135

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317510

Accession Number: A3236

Small Oval Box

Small, oval green box with cover.

Maker: Grande Maison de Blanc

GUSN: 317511

Accession Number: 1920.200.2AB

Box

Small, square paper box with hinged cover. Box is covered in light blue paper. "Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Boston" printed in black on cover.

Maker: Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 317514

Accession Number: 1931.1903.2

This brooch is formed from a single piece of silver wire hammered into an abstracted geometric shape. A large grey banded agate is bezel-set offcenter. Closure is a pin and safety clasp soldered to the back of the agate bezel. Marked.

Date: 1940-1965

Maker: Kraus, Hilda, 1915-2014 (Artist, Designer)

Material: sterling silver, agate (chalcedony)

GUSN: 317518

Accession Number: 2016.7.1

Necklace

Necklace, three pebble pendants set in sterling silver with sterling silver discs. Hilda Kraus (1915-2014).

Date: 1940-1965

Maker: Kraus, Hilda, 1915-2014 (Artist, Designer)

GUSN: 317519

Accession Number: 2016.7.2

Pair of Earrings

Each earring in this pair is constructed from a rectangle of birch bark edged with sinew braid. The artist burned intricate designs, based on traditional Nipmuck iconography, into the surface. A tassel of three porcupine quills ending in colored glass beads depends from the base of each rectangle. T...

Date: 2016

Maker: Henries, Sierra Autumn, 1987- (Artist, Designer)

Material: birch (wood), quill (spine), sinew, glass (material), sterling silver

GUSN: 317520

Accession Number: 2016.8.1AB

Box

Oblong, white paper box with cover. Cover has affixed label for jeweler "O. Volterrani."

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317522

Accession Number: 1940.577.2AB

Parallel Ruler

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317524

Accession Number: 1969.7

Slate pencil lead

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317588

Accession Number: 1919.31.2

Seal in Cylindrical Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317589

Accession Number: 1927.18

Girandole

Electrified brass girandole

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317590

Accession Number: 1966.651.3

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317594

Accession Number: 1917.1322G

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of two prints with text in between on a black background.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ruland-Lutz, Maria-Karla (Artist)

Material: prints (visual works), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333326

Accession Number: 1984.54.98

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of a painting (possibly) of stylized reclining woman over flora and a building. Inscription handwritten on mat below image.

Date: 1953

Maker: Scala, Franz, 1892-1975 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 333327

Accession Number: 1984.54.90

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of three black and white prints--two prints of woven textiles and one print of a woman holding a woven textile--and a handwritten inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Citroen-Vallentin, Ruth (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333328

Accession Number: 1984.54.28

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Three black and white photographs mounted on cream-colored paper. Photographs each depict a different nude sculpture of a standing woman. Artist signature in lower left corner of cream-colored paper. (A) Handwritten letter in ink on blue paper. (B)

Date: 1953

Maker: Fehling, Ilse, 1896-1982 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333329

Accession Number: 1984.54.102AB

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Typed letter from Hanna Lindemann to Walter Gropius (lieber pius) on white paper, affixed to larger sheet of white paper. Signed by Lindemann.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lindemann, Hanna (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333330

Accession Number: 1984.54.105

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white printed images of architecture, architectural model, aerial view of geographical features, and abstract image mounted on white mat. Paper with typed name (hans fischli) affixed to lower right hand corner.

Date: 1953

Maker: Fischli, Hans, 1909-1989 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333331

Accession Number: 1984.54.106

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage composed of a painting with a caption and inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lange, Emil, 1884-1968 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 333332

Accession Number: 1984.54.71

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white picture mounted on off-white mat. Picture depicts sculptural relief with text above three human figures above stylized flames. Handwritten inscriptions on mat in black ink from artist to Walter Gropius.

Date: 1953

Maker: Peretti, Fritz, 1895-1978 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333333

Accession Number: 1984.54.76

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a print framed in cream paper with an inscription on front and a drawing in pencil on the back.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: prints (visual works), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333334

Accession Number: 1984.54.57

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph of woven textile mounted on brown mat with handwritten inscription (A) and separate sheet of paper with handwritten inscriptions (B).

Date: 1953

Maker: Ribbentrop-Leudesdorff, Hortense Lore, 1902-1986 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333335

Accession Number: 1984.54.20AB

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two architectural drawings mounted on white mat with handwritten inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Batz, K. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333336

Accession Number: 1984.54.99

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black and white photographs mounted on white mat with handwritten captions. Larger, leftmost photograph depicts wooden sculpture; smaller photograph depicts head of a man (possibly artist). Decorative border of blue and white striped paper on right edge of mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Eggers, Alf (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333337

Accession Number: 1984.54.47

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph and typed letter mounted on white board. Photograph depicts a man in profile reading.

Date: 1953

Maker: Noesselt, Mirka (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333338

Accession Number: 1984.54.110

Fur Muff

Brown fur hand muff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333436

Accession Number: 1969.5646

Fur Cuff

Fur cuff with light brown shearling and black silk lining, hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333437

Accession Number: 1969.5647

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333438

Accession Number: 1969.5648

Fur Collar

Fur collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333439

Accession Number: 1969.5649

Fur Headband

Brown fur headband.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333440

Accession Number: 1969.5650

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333441

Accession Number: 1969.5651

Print of a Ship

Print of a painting of a ship. Mounted on board. Hangs by a ribbon. Printed backing paper states: "Homeward Bound" by Bernard Gribble, printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, London England.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333444

Accession Number: 1931.801

Chest

Six panel chest with straight feet and unusual carving on the front panels and the top rail, the front legs and rails are molded. "WW" is carved on the front panel.

Date: 1660-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 333446

Accession Number: 2018.46.1

Carved Bed

Twin bed frame of carved wood. Headboard has two rounded posts with carved decoration of three panels with carved curtains bracketed by a row of connected circles with a four-spoke design. The footboard has similar rounded posts with etched vertical lines and an arched pattern in the slat between ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 333450

Accession Number: 2018.47.1A-D

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a grey paper strip on the right and fabric with sections cut out to frame a photographic print of a woman, a picture, and typed inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ehrman, Marli, 1904-1982 (Artist)

Material: cloth, ink, photographic prints, paper (fiber product), pictures (two-dimensional representations)

GUSN: 333504

Accession Number: 1984.54.4

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Portrait (A) of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker. The painting is of a seated woman, with short hair, holding a red book on her lap. She is wearing and ivory colored blouse, with a loosely tied bow, brownish suit jacket, and a ring on her left finger. Oil on canvas with gold frame (B)

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333680

Accession Number: 2018.57.1AB

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a girl in three quarter view. She is wearing a Peter Pan collar and her hair is pulled back with a bow.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal pencils, paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333681

Accession Number: 2018.57.2

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a young woman with short hair and wearing a collard shirt.

Date: 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333682

Accession Number: 2018.57.4

Self portrait of Lucy Hayward Barker

Self portrait of the artist, charcoal on paper. She is wearing glasses, a tutleneck, and a hat with feather on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333683

Accession Number: 2018.57.3

Rhinestone Brooch

Blue and white rhinestone brooch. Pattern is leaf-like with blue stones as "leaves" and one stem, while white stones are the other two stems. Rhinestones are set in a silver plated backing with silver clasp on back.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: rhinestone, stainless steel

GUSN: 333684

Accession Number: 2018.58.1

Coro rose necklace

Coro goldtone necklace with corded chain. At center of chain is a rose surrounded on either side by four satin texured leaves.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Coro, Inc.

Material: gold alloy by composition or origin

GUSN: 333685

Accession Number: 2018.58.2

Campfire Girls ring

Symbolic vintage sterling silver ring, referred to as a Wood Gatherer ring from the youth organization the Camp Fire Girls. The piece is embellished with stud designs at the shoulders which represent work, health, and love (WOHELO). Bundled wood is depicted at the ring's center, by a columnar groupi...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 333686

Accession Number: 2018.58.3

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