Historic New England

Purse

Crocheted purse with purple silk lining and a red silk ribbon drawstring.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334235

Accession Number: 1929.1118

Needlework

Needlework with beads on cardboard.

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects), cardboard

GUSN: 334248

Accession Number: 1925.161

Needlework

White calla lillys with green leaves on a red ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334249

Accession Number: 1969.558

Handmade Christmas card on a single rectangular sheet of blue paper. Gouache background with sand glued to surface. Ink sketch of a bird's head with a long beak. Splotches of orange, pink, and green paint.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), sand, gouache (paint), ink, graphite pencils

GUSN: 334250

Accession Number: 1984.496.1

Gropius Christmas Card

Woven textiles layered on top of blue paper with red handwritten inscription.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), weaving, ink

GUSN: 334251

Accession Number: 1984.1759

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded card made of thin, semi-translucent white paper with blue and green checkered pattern printed on exterior. Interior bears printed inscriptions in blue ink.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink

GUSN: 334252

Accession Number: 1984.1760

Gropius Christmas Card

Semi-translucent paper with block print in black ink in a design reminiscent of a Christmas ornament, with a thin piece of wood affixed to make a tear-drop shaped border. The ends of the piece of wood are tied together with a piece of red string.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink, wood (plant material), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 334253

Accession Number: 1984.1754

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of shapes, a bird, and a lion in the bird's stomach on a piece of thin wood. Handwritten inscription on front, lower right corner and on a label affixed to back.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 334254

Accession Number: 1984.496.2

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting on paper with red background, black arrows, and a rooster-like bird in white, black, red, and green. Handwritten inscription along left edge of paper.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334255

Accession Number: 1984.496.3

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of an owl on top of an hourglass in black and white over a background of blue, red, green, and gray. The years 1948 and 1949 are painted with white paint inside the sand of the hourglass. Handwritten inscription along the top edge in black ink.

Date: 1948-1949

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334256

Accession Number: 1984.496.4

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of a bird on a black branch over a brown and blue background, set inside a folded piece of paper. Handwritten inscription in black ink along bottom edge of image.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334257

Accession Number: 1984.496.5

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of white birds over blue, green, black, and red background, mounted on gray paper, with a handwritten inscription in black ink in left and right borders.

Date: 1965-1966

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334258

Accession Number: 1984.496.7

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of a white bird over a sea-like background affixed to a brown paper card. Inscription in white paint along lower edge of painting.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334259

Accession Number: 1984.496.8

Gropius Christmas Card

Drawing of a bird on a branch made from sand sprinkled over glue on delicate white paper. Handwritten inscription in black ink in lower right corner.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), sand, ink

GUSN: 334260

Accession Number: 1984.496.9

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of white birds over a stained glass-like background in black and other colors. Pencil inscription on back.

Date: 1958

Maker: Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating), graphite pencils

GUSN: 334261

Accession Number: 1984.496.10

Gropius Christmas Card

Drawing of a man wearing a keffiyeh alongside a handwritten inscription in Arabic in black ink.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, colored pencils

GUSN: 334262

Accession Number: 1984.496.12

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded pop-up card of a black teapot over a gold background.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 334263

Accession Number: 1984.496.13

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded card made from delicate, translucent off-white paper. A print of the word NOEL in black and brown ink on the same kind of paper is affixed to the interior, above the beginning of a handwritten letter in German.

Date: 1959

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334264

Accession Number: 1984.496.14

Gropius Christmas Card

A piece of white paper folded inside a piece of folded red paper. Japanese calligraphy in black ink on left side of white paper interior; printed inscription in English on right side of white paper interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334265

Accession Number: 1984.496.11

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded card on thin beige paper. Front is a collage with striped paper and a drawing of a bird with a worm inside a decorative frame. The bird and worm drawing is "hung" from the striped paper with thin wire and is movable. Interior of the card bears an inscription in red pencil.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, colored pencils, wire, paint (coating)

GUSN: 334266

Accession Number: 1984.496.15

Gropius Christmas Card

Black-and-white photograph made into a postcard with Italian postage/postal markings. Photograph has been edited to have a handwritten inscription in white with a greeting and the artist's initials.

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, ink, postage stamps

GUSN: 334267

Accession Number: 1984.496.16

Gropius Christmas Card

Color print in black, red, green, and yellow folded in half to make a greeting card. Handwritten inscriptions on front cover in green pencil. Handwritten inscriptions in interior in red pencil and black ink.

Maker: Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink, ink, colored pencils

GUSN: 334268

Accession Number: 1984.496.17

Itinerant Artist Scene

Watercolor on paper painting of an artist making a portrait of a boy in a kitchen setting with the family looking on. Framed.

Date: c. 1845

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), colored pencils

GUSN: 334350

Accession Number: 2019.5.1

Painting "Mount Chocorua"

Oil on canvas painting of Mount Chocorua through a forest of trees. In original gilded frame.

Date: c. 1895

Maker: Hale, Ellen Day, 1855-1940 (Painter)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 334351

Accession Number: 2019.6.1

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card on white paper with abstract brush painting in black and white on front. Inscriptions inside card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334672

Accession Number: 1984.496.143

Gropius Christmas Card

Small print in brown and red ink on washi paper affixed to an off-white card. Card has printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334673

Accession Number: 1984.496.118

Gropius Christmas Card

White card with black-and-white photograph of stone structures in a landscape affixed to the front cover. Printed and handwritten text inside.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334674

Accession Number: 1984.496.119

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with a print by Kiyoshi Saito depicting two cats on a red background. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside card.

Date: 1957

Maker: Saito, Kiyoshi, 1907-1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334675

Accession Number: 1984.496.120

Gropius Christmas Card

White folded card with printed image in shades of blue on front cover. No text or images in interior. Back cover has handwritten and printed text.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334676

Accession Number: 1984.496.121

Gropius Christmas Card

Strip of green paper with printed black border, folded over itself and sealed with red wax. Interior is gold with printed black border with an inscription printed in black ink.

Maker: Shranger, William H. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wax

GUSN: 334677

Accession Number: 1984.496.122

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card in teal ink depicting an architectural drawing with a caption and Christmas greetings.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334678

Accession Number: 1984.496.123

Gropius Christmas Card

Print on paper, possibly a cyanotype, with snowflakes and handwritten text.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 334679

Accession Number: 1984.496.124

Gropius Christmas Card

Card made out of a piece of paper folded twice in half. Drawing (or print of a drawing) in black in on the front cover depicts a fireplace, window with a candle, six-pointed star, bell, and christmas stocking. Inscriptions on front and interior of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334680

Accession Number: 1984.496.125

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with black-and-white image of a sculpture on the front. Printed text in upper left corner on the back identifies sculpture as "Eclipse 1" by James Wines. Italian postage.

Date: 1961

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334681

Accession Number: 1984.496.126

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed greeting card with handwritten and printed text in interior and printed text on back cover. Front bears a geometric design in blue, green, red, and purple.

Maker: Bruck, F. Frederick, d. 1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334682

Accession Number: 1984.496.128

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with image of a Japanese rock garden on the front cover and embossed scrollwork borders. A second layer of paper in the interior bears printed and stamped inscriptions.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334683

Accession Number: 1984.496.129

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with yellow front, clear plastic sheet in interior, and a second card inserted between the plastic layer and the original card. Innermost card bears printed season's greetings.

Date: 1968

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334684

Accession Number: 1984.496.130

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card with a design in black and red ink on the cover. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334685

Accession Number: 1984.496.144

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with an image of four individuals illustrated in the fraktur style printed on the cover. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: Sert, Josep Lluis, 1902-1983 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334686

Accession Number: 1984.496.145

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with image of a red barn printed on the front cover. Printed inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334687

Accession Number: 1984.496.146

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with image of a work by Piet Mondrian printed on the front. Handwritten inscriptions on front and back; printed inscriptions on back. United States postage, New York.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334688

Accession Number: 1984.496.147

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with image of firewood stacked against a red barn printed on the cover. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334689

Accession Number: 1984.496.148

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made by cutting the shape of hanging Christmas stockings out of one piece of paper folded multiple times. Printed and handwritten inscriptions along bottom border of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334690

Accession Number: 1984.496.149

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with a work by Paul Klee printed on the front. Printed and handwritten inscriptions on back. United States postage, Grand Central Station.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334691

Accession Number: 1984.496.150

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with an image of a drawing in black and orange printed on the cover. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334692

Accession Number: 1984.496.151

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made of two layers of decorative paper with images of folding fans on the cover. Folding fans are represented by pieces of fabric and green ink. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, textiles

GUSN: 334693

Accession Number: 1984.496.152

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with print by Lyonel Feininger on the front in black ink and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334694

Accession Number: 1984.496.153

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made of green paper with collaged design in black, white, pink, and metallic gold paper on the cover. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside; printed inscription on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334695

Accession Number: 1984.496.154