Historic New England

Pillowcase

White cotton pillowcase, with light blue edging across both the top and bottom. The opening for the pillow is at the top.

Date: ca. 1912

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 248381

Accession Number: 2002.29.43

Handkerchief

Large white silk handkerchief, originally belonging to Augustus Aspinwall.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 248382

Accession Number: 2002.29.44

Black silk dress-like Victorian bathing suit. Has a short skirt, with a belt at the waist, and ties on the front. The sleeves are approximately two inches long. There are buttons down the front of the torso, with blue flowers beside them. The area around the neck and the buttons has a blue braided t...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: R.H. Stearns & Company (Boston, Mass.) (Retailer)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 248386

Accession Number: 2002.29.45

Bathing Suit

Black wool bathing suit, with thin straps; similar in shape to a unitard. The bottoms of the legs have tapered cuffs.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: R.H. Stearns & Company (Boston, Mass.) (Retailer)

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 248389

Accession Number: 2002.29.46

Bathing Suit

Navy blue, wool, V-neck bathing suit, with short sleeves, and an attached pair of shorts. Has white stripes on the neck, cuffs, and waist. There are three buttons on each shoulder. Both sides have slits containing pieces of striped wool. There is a white linen pouch pinned to the bottom of the torso...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 248391

Accession Number: 2002.29.47

Sash

Long white silk sash. Found in box with artificial flowers from Lucy Lythgoe's wedding (2002.29.39a-c).

Date: ca. 1902

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 248393

Accession Number: 2002.29.48

Wallpaper

Framed Chinoiserie wallpaper sample. Appears to be a pattern of two alternating scenes. In the first, a woman serves tea to a man sitting on a porch. In the second, the woman looks on as the man fishes and a boy flies a kite. Both scenes also include birds, plants, a river, and bridges. Roller print...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 248395

Accession Number: 2007.9.1

Wallpaper

Framed wallpaper sample. Paper is roller printed, machine-made Chinoiserie with a red background. Consists of four different sections, each separated by a bamboo lattice-like design. Two vignettes feature people holding musical instruments, while the other two contain vaises of pink and white flowe...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 248396

Accession Number: 2007.9.2

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Greeting card; photograph with inscription.

Maker: (Artist)

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

GUSN: 248419

Accession Number: 1984.58.7

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photograph with graphic of packing box in red, white, and black. With inscription.

Date: 1943

Maker: Paepcke, Walter, 1896-1960 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 248420

Accession Number: 1984.58.8

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Birthday card to Walter Gropius from Herbert Bayer; depicts hazy red background with finger print and clouds, boy in lederhosen costume with a staff at right bottom corner.

Date: 1943

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

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 248426

Accession Number: 1984.58.13

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Clipping from magazine or other publication affixed to a pink card. Clipping includes a photograph depicting a man demonstrating how an object may be suspended in a jet of air without any other support; handwritten inscription in red ink beneath photograph.

Date: 1943

Maker: Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, d. 1945 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248430

Accession Number: 1984.58.15

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Birthday card to Walter Gropius: Berlin work picture matted in a blue paper greeting card. Image depicts a blue bird in a tree with a mountain behind, blue sky with a flying bird, and other trees and flowers. Colors include blue, green, tan, and red, with a dark green and pink border. A small piece ...

Date: 1943

Maker: Storrow, Helen Osborne, 1864-1944 (Artist)

Material: Berlin woolwork, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248432

Accession Number: 1984.58.16

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Greeting card depicts man sitting in a chair with his head in his hands with a bubble above his head with a photograph of a woman; sepia and black and white photographs arranged in a collage.

Date: 1943

Maker: Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 (Artist)

Material: photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248433

Accession Number: 1984.58.29

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage on pink backgroud; black and white photograph depicts Ise Gropius; photograph surrounded by three small feathers and a small card with her initial "I" in calligraphy.

Date: 1943

Maker: Gropius, Ise (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), feather (material), photographic paper

GUSN: 248434

Accession Number: 1984.58.31

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photograph affixed to a blue card with red corners. Photographic depicts a man in a sergeant's uniform with an inscription above his head in the top right corner.

Date: 1943

Maker: Feininger, T. Lux, 1910-2011 (Photographer)

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248435

Accession Number: 1984.58.36

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photographic portrait depicting the head and shoulders of a man (Josef Albers) in a suit and tie. A small piece of paper with the inscription Albers in black ink is affixed to the photograph below Albers's face; second inscription in white ink in bottom left corner of photograph.

Date: 1943

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

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248436

Accession Number: 1984.58.40

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph depicts woman (Anni Albers) seated surrounded by many large spools of thread.

Date: 1943

Maker: Albers, Anni (Artist)

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248437

Accession Number: 1984.58.41

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Wood block print depicting buildings; pasted to black and white dotted card; print signed and dated.

Date: 1943

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

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

GUSN: 248438

Accession Number: 1984.58.48

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Card depicts handprint on a background with German inscription, black handprint on blue, red and yellow background; protractor in front.

Date: 1943

Maker: Schawinsky, Xanti (American painter, photographer, and illustrator, 1940-1979) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 248439

Accession Number: 1984.58.49

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photograph depicts a group of young men and women with an inscription.

Date: 1943

Maker: Feininger, Andreas Bernhard Lyonel, 1906-1999 (Artist)

Material: photographs

GUSN: 248440

Accession Number: 1984.58.50

Table Mat

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248445

Accession Number: 1969.2566

Pewter Chamberstick

Pewter chamberstick with laterally positioned injectors; saucer-like bobecheon ringed cylindrical shaft with injector and bulbous base on deep circular drip pan with fingerhold ring and disc-shaped rest.

Chairseat slipcovers; large red and green stripes flanked by smaller black and white stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248534

Accession Number: 1969.3466.1

Chairseat Slipcover

Chairseat slipcovers; large red and green stripes flanked by smaller black and white stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248536

Accession Number: 1969.3466.2

Set of Picnic Spoons

Set of 33 stamped tin picnic spoons in their original cardboard box. The box has printing in green, blue, and white, with a picture of a spoon on the front.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), cardboard

GUSN: 246343

Accession Number: 2001.254A-HH

Pea Huller and Bean Slicer

Pea huller/bean slicer (one tool) in original cardboard box. The huller/slicer is made up of four individual pieces. The box is green and white in color, with a picture of the tool shown.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Jordan Marsh Company (Retailer) Vaughan

Material: steel (alloy), cardboard

GUSN: 246344

Accession Number: 2001.256A-F

Hair Dryer

Plastic, bonnet-type hair dryer in original box, with instruction manual and carrying case. The dryer is complete with a hose, a pink-colored blower unit, and an electric cord. There are air intake vents on the top of the blower unti for drying nail polish. The carrying case is round, and white in c...

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: General Electric Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 246345

Accession Number: 2002.2A-C

Jewelry Cleaning Kit

Jewelry cleaning kit. Consists of a box containing a bar of soap; a container of sawdust; a chamois cloth; and a tray. The box itself is made of tin, and is primarily gray in color, with a gold-colored border around the lid. The box has several hooks on each side of the interior. There is a latch cl...

Date: 1926-1975

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: tin (metal), sawdust, soap (organic material), chamois (animal material)

GUSN: 246526

Accession Number: 2002.3

Girl's Dress

Girl's dress. Primarily white; sleeveless, with red trim around both the squared neckline and the ruffled arm holes. Three sets of green holly leaves with red berries are appliquéd on the front of the dress, below the neckline. Identical holly clusters are appliquéd along the waist, and just above t...

Date: ca. 1938

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), appliqué (technique), buttons (fasteners)

GUSN: 246528

Accession Number: 2002.4

Girl's Pinafore

Girl's pinafore. White, sleeveless, with ruffled arm holes. The arm holes are decorated with floral eyelet trim. The pinafore has both buttons and a tie on the back for closure.

Date: ca. 1938

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), eyelets (components), buttons (fasteners)

GUSN: 246529

Accession Number: 2002.5

Dartmouth College Pennant

Dark green triangular felt pennant, with the name "Dartmouth" printed in white. The pennant also depicts the official seal of Dartmouth College, which is likewise white in color. There is a white stripe along the left edge of the pennant, to which four white ribbons are attached.

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 246530

Accession Number: 2002.6

Boston College Pennant

Maroon-colored triangular felt pennant, with the name "Boston College" printed on the front in gold. The pennant also depicts the official seal of Boston College, which is also gold in color. There are two maroon ribbons hanging from the left edge of the pennant.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 246531

Accession Number: 2002.7

Bowdoin College Pennant

White triangular felt pennant, with the name "BOWDOIN" on the front in black branchlike cloth lettering. There is also a black branch on the left edge of the pennant. Four white ribbons are hanging from the left edge.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 246532

Accession Number: 2002.8

Yale University Pennant

Navy blue triangular felt pennant, with the name "YALE" printed on the front in white. The official Yale University seal is printed on the front of the pennant in white and yellow. There is a yellowish felt strip along the left edge of the pennant, from which four navy blue ribbons are hanging.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 246533

Accession Number: 2002.9

Manlius School Pennant

Red rectangular felt pennant with the name "MANLIUS" on the front in black, velvet-like letters. Underneath the text, there is an emblem consisting of an eagle above a shield. Inside the shield, there are three stars, and an inverted chevron. The emblem matches the crest of the former Manlius School...

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 246534

Accession Number: 2002.10

Purple triangular felt pennant, with 'Holy Cross' printed in white across the front. The official seal of the College of the Holy Cross is printed in white on the left side of the pennant. There is a white border along the left edge of the pennant, with four white ribbons hanging from it.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 246935

Accession Number: 2002.18

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