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Desk, Drop-front

Cherry, fall-front desk; four graduated drawers, cock-beaded; bracket feet (may be later replacements); brasses appear to be original; fitted interior: seven drawers, one door with three concealed drawers; carved fans on door and top dividers; brass handles at sides appear to be later.

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), poplar (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 245427

Accession Number: 1959.310

Tea caddy

Tea caddy; domed lid; mahogany veneer with satinwood banding; oval reserve with oak leaf and acorn inlay; ivory escutcheon.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 245429

Accession Number: 1959.838

Pair of Bookends

Bookends with crocheted covers.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 245432

Accession Number: 1959.807

Table mat

Woven linen square mat; concentric squares with various patterns with fringe.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 245433

Accession Number: 1959.1253

Picture, engraving print

Colored engraving depicting woman with young child, holding garland and sitting under a tree; gilt frame with rope turning.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: printed matter production stages

GUSN: 245435

Accession Number: 1959.799

Pair of glass candlesticks

Pair of candlesticks; square, stepped base; fluted shaft; crystal dropped bobeche; electrified with candle lamp.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressed glass

GUSN: 245436

Accession Number: 1959.401.1-2

Print, framed

Print of a classical subject; gilt rectangular frame, with combed pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: printed matter production stages, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 245437

Accession Number: 1959.800

Sofa

Sofa; mahogany and mahogany veneer; relief scroll back; carved chest rail with veneer panel; swan neck and head carved arm support; over-upholstered arm; horsehair upholstry and cushion (re-backed with denim); shaped foot on original casters.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 245438

Accession Number: 1959.306

Print engraving, framed

Print depicting procession of Canterbury pilgrims on horseback with individual pilgrims identified in list below image; oak frame.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printed matter production stages

GUSN: 245439

Accession Number: 1959.1352

Footstool

Footstool; mahogany sabre-leg; slip set covered in rust silk faille.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), silk (textile)

GUSN: 245579

Accession Number: 1959.343

Picture, Watercolor painting

Watercolor picture depicting boy with hat holding cat in window frame; rectangular gilt frame with inner gilt liner.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), paint by composition or origin, paint by property

GUSN: 245581

Accession Number: 1959.848

Plaque

Plaque, shield shaped with "CEA" in relief.

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 245587

Accession Number: 2011.2.1.1

Plaque

Plaque, shield shaped with triangle over a "c" in relief.

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 245588

Accession Number: 2011.2.1.2

Dinner Plates

Dinner plates part of "Hampden" pattern dinner service for twelve designed by Christopher Dresser and produced by the Old Hall Earthenware Company, England. The plates are light cream-colored with aqua rims, decorated with a transfer-printed and overpainted pattern of flowers and geometric designs ...

Date: 1880-1883

Maker: Dresser, Christopher (Designer) Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. (Maker)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 245595

Accession Number: 1998.5905.1-.18

Portrait of Elizabeth Story Perkins

Portrait of Elizabeth Story Perkins (1778-1864), wife of Thomas Perkins (1965.136), wearing a black dress with white ruff and bonnet. Daughter of Daniel and Ruth (Burnham) Story of Essex and Dunbarton, NH. Mother of Dr. Henry Coit Perkins (1965.137). Oil on paper. One of three Perkins family portrai...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 245599

Accession Number: 1965.135

Portrait of Thomas Perkins

Portrait of Thomas Perkins (1773-1853), innkeeper at the Wolfe Tavern, wealthy merchant of Newburyport. Husband of Elizabeth Story Perkins (1965.135), father of Dr. Henry Coit Perkins (1965.137). Oil on paper. Unframed.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 245604

Accession Number: 1965.136

Pocket

Pocket; (front) natural linen with blue embroidery of stylized flowers; bound with blue and white striped fabric; (reverse) two different patterns of striped linen: blue/white/brown; darker blue and white.

Date: 1740-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), embroidery (visual works), cross stitch

GUSN: 245610

Accession Number: 1965.170

Artificial Flower hair garland in Box

Artificial flower hair garland (.1); box (.2) labeled on outside, "Sally's Flowers/ Oct. 26th '61"

Date: 1961

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wire, cardboard

GUSN: 245715

Accession Number: 1969.5489.1-.2AB

Pair of Side Chairs

Pair of side chairs; mahogany; broadly porportioned Chippendale ribbon back with "Z" branded on underside of stretchers; solid crest rail with center carved medallion of scroll work around a circle; round ears with scroll carving; three horizontally pierced scrolled slats with open central circle, b...

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), silk (textile)

GUSN: 245716

Accession Number: 1966.295AB

Purse

Cotton pocket with gathering strings and fringe around the edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), ink

GUSN: 245773

Accession Number: 1924.458

Tumbler

Green blown-glass tumbler.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 245784

Accession Number: 1986.1269

Pieced Quilt Fragment

Quilt fragment; four pieced blocks of eight pieces; large scale dark outlines; veined, pencil blue leaves; border vine and leaves in shades of brown; pieced haphazzardly, not combined to create an overall image.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, hand sewing, machine sewing (technique), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 245837

Accession Number: 1928.162J

Quilt Fragment

Quilt fragment; two piece, joined fragment; block printed; large scale floral pattern of yellow, green, black, white on red ground; white cellular-like filler.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 245838

Accession Number: 1928.162G

Valances

Valances; cascades; silk rep/cotton chitz matching the rest of the set; Rep face on all cascades pieced together; holes across top, perhaps for drapery hardward; loose threads along edges, perhaps remains of fringe; hand-stitched; striaght top and outer edge; inner edge cut away, tapering to a point...

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 245839

Accession Number: 1961.98P

Tieback

Tiebacks; silk rep/cotton chitz matching the rest of the set; Rep face pieced together.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 245840

Accession Number: 1961.98M

Tieback

Metal tie backs. Oval shaped.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 245841

Accession Number: 1961.98J-L

Braided Rug

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247102

Accession Number: 1942.2853

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

This birthday card contains harmful imagery including the caricature of Native American people and cultures as well as cultural appropriation and plagiarism in depicting Walter and Ise Gropius, their daughter Ati, Alfred and Gertrud Arndt and their daughter Alexandra as Native Americans. Historic...

Date: 1953

Maker: Arndt, Alfred, 1896-1976 (Artist) Arndt, Gertrud, 1903-2000 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, paper (fiber product), ink, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 247106

Accession Number: 1984.54.1

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract print with artist's signature and handwritten message

Date: 20th century

Maker: Feininger, Lyonel Charles, 1871-1956 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247107

Accession Number: 1984.54.2

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract painting with framed in brown paper with a handwritten message.

Maker: Nowag, Heinz, 1907-1984 (Artist)

Material: ink, paintings (visual works), paper (fiber product), drawing paper

GUSN: 247108

Accession Number: 1984.54.3

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract oil pastel drawing framed with tan paper with cream matting.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: pastels (visual works), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247110

Accession Number: 1984.54.5

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pencil drawing on paper mounted on white mat. Pencil inscription in lower left and right corners of drawing. Paper bears a debossed seal in lower right corner, next to artist's signature and year.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247111

Accession Number: 1984.54.6

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract drawing in green, red, blue and yellow on cream paper framed in grey paper with a handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink, colored pencils

GUSN: 247112

Accession Number: 1984.54.7

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage with an abstract painting, a three photographic prints, and two typed messages

Date: 1953

Maker: Weininger, Andor, 1899-1986 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247113

Accession Number: 1984.54.8

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with five prints and six printed inscriptions

Date: 1953

Maker: Clemens, Roman, 1910-1992 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), ink, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 247116

Accession Number: 1984.54.10

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pastel drawing mounted on white board. Design features geometric forms and straight lines in red, blue, yellow, light blue, light pink, and black. Also mounted at bottom right corner of white card is a small, tan piece of paper with a typed inscription and signature.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lutz, Rudolf, 1895-1966 (Artist)

Material: pastels (crayons), paper (fiber product), ink, boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 247117

Accession Number: 1984.54.9

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pieces of patterned textiles mounted to off-white mat with pencil inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Leischner, Margaret, 1908-1970 (Artist)

Material: cloth, paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247118

Accession Number: 1984.54.11

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Print in black ink on tissue paper with chalk embellishment and handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 247119

Accession Number: 1984.54.12

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract drawing in black with overlays of blue, yellow-green, and white paint and a thin solid black line at the bottom and artist's signature.

Date: 1953

Maker: Berenbrock, Otto, 1907-1985 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), painting (image-making), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247120

Accession Number: 1984.54.13

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a print with blue, yellow, orange, and pink chalk and paint embellishments mounted on paper and a handwritten inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Teltcher, George Adams, 1904-1983 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247121

Accession Number: 1984.54.14

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white printed image, possibly of a charcoal drawing depicting a row of tall trees. Mounted on white card.

Date: 1953

Maker: Tery-Buschmann, Margit, 1892-1977 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247122

Accession Number: 1984.54.15

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black and white photographic prints with handwritten inscriptions.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hoffmann, Hans (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247124

Accession Number: 1984.54.16

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph of a larger, multi-story building and a smaller, square building, surrounded by tall trees. Possibly depicts the Basler Sanatorium in Davos. Photograph is mounted on white card with an inscription in black ink at the left of the photograph.

Date: 1953

Maker: Egeler, Ernst, 1908-1978 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247125

Accession Number: 1984.54.17

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black print on white paper mounted on white cards; edges of card are darkened. Print may depict a stylized bridge with other architecture in the background. Inscriptions at bottom left and right corners of print.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink

GUSN: 247126

Accession Number: 1984.54.18

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Four black-and-white photographs affixed to yellow paper affixed to off-white mat. Photographs depict architectural models. Typed inscription along left edge and in lower right hand corner of yellow paper, including artist's signature.

Date: 1953

Maker: Debus, Maximillian, 1904-1981

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

GUSN: 247127

Accession Number: 1984.54.19

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image affixed to abstract ink drawing. Drawing also features dripped and splattered ink. Handwritten inscription in black ink between lines of the drawing.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247129

Accession Number: 1984.54.21

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photographic prints, typed text, blue paper, and oil pastel with a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Mitscherlich, Immeke Alexandra Schollman, 1899-1985 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247130

Accession Number: 1984.54.22

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A birthday card composed of two photographic prints with an inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Rauh, G. (Artist)

Material: black-and-white prints (photographs), ink

GUSN: 247132

Accession Number: 1984.54.23

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photograph and architectural drawings of a "gastehaus" (guesthouse), business card, and black and white photograph of a man mounted on a red-brown mat. Cut pieces of text indicate date and recipient. Small cut image of flowers is affixed above the photograph of a man in th...

Date: 1953

Maker: Singer, Franz, 1896-1954 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247134

Accession Number: 1984.54.24

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photographs and business card from the Royal College of Art. Handwritten inscription on card and in lower right corner of collage. Photographs depict metal objects and a man working at a workstation.

Date: 1953

Maker: Slutzky, Naum J., 1894-1965 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247135

Accession Number: 1984.54.25