Historic New England

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

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

"Dreams of the Past"

Genre scene showing a sleeping figure seated in a chair in red Cardinal's cloak with a second figure leaning over him speaking into his ear. The two are in front of a large fireplace in an Renaissance interior. Ornate gilded frame.

Date: c. 1885

Maker: Vibert, Jean Georges, 1840-1902 (Artist)

Material: gouache (paint), watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333705

Accession Number: 1966.372

Framed drawing, "A Picnic in New England"

Charming pencil on paper drawing entitled, "A Picnic in New England". American school, nineteenth century in a black-painted frame with gilt liner.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin, graphite pencils

GUSN: 333707

Accession Number: 2018.70.1

Pair of curtain panels

Each panel in this pair is made from glazed, roller-printed cotton in shades of red and purple (now shifted to brown) on a cream ground in repeating vertical stripes of alternating classical motifs. Stripe 1: roundels with centered Greco-Roman female head in a frame of leaves and flowers, alternatin...

Date: ca. 1876

Maker: Peck, Alice Russell, 1857-1925

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process), glazing (coating), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333728

Accession Number: 2018.75.1AB

Portrait of a young girl, watercolor on paper, framed, artist unknown

Full length portrait of a young girl holding a hat embellished with floral decorations and a large bow with a ribbon trailing to the ground. She is wearing a tan frock with a lace edged scooped neckline, frilly pantaloons, and black tipped shoes. She is posed against a pastoral "Venetian" type setti...

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), graphite pencils, glass (material), wood by composition or origin

GUSN: 333790

Accession Number: 2018.110.1

Portrait

Portrait of a young man facing left with light brown hair, mutton chops sideburns, and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat with high wide collars, a cream colored waistcoat, and a dark brown paisley patterned stock with a multi jeweled stick pin. Portrait is set deep in a brown wood frame with pai...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), watercolor (paint), wood by composition or origin, glass by composition or origin

GUSN: 333794

Accession Number: 2018.110.5

Portrait miniature of John Codman III (1755-1803), Rachel Caulfield, watercolor on ivory, England, 1912

Portrait miniature of John Codman III (1755-1803). He is facing left and has has grey hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a white cravat with a black jacket and grey lapels. The background is a red and brown swag curtain. Portrait is in a black wood frame with gold border around the miniature and a ...

Date: 1912

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), glass (material), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 333795

Accession Number: 2018.110.6

Portrait miniature of Margaret Russell Codman (1757-1789), waterclor on ivory, Rachel Caulfield, England, 1912

Portrait of a woman facing left. Her hair is piled high with pink and blue flowers. She is wearing a white kerchief and a light blue dress. Minuiature is in a black wood frame with a gold metal border around the portrait and a grape leaf motif hanger at center top.

Date: 1912

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), glass (material), watercolor (paint), wood by composition or origin

GUSN: 333796

Accession Number: 2018.110.7

Silver tray, Lows, Ball and Co., Boston, 1842

Coin silver presentation tray manufactured by Lows, Ball & Co. The tray has a raised border of acanthus leaves and there is an etched script engraving in center of tray. The tray stands on three small shell lobed feet.

Maker: Lows, Ball & Co.

Material: coin silver

GUSN: 333797

Accession Number: 2018.110.8

John Codman's silver tea pot with burner stand, H. B. Stanwood & Co. (Henry B. Stanwood 1818-1869), Boston, 1854

Melon shaped coin silver teapot, a hinged lid with acorn finial and decorative handle with small ivory insets all sitting on an orignal burner stand with retaining pin and three cast feet.

Date: ca. 1849

Maker: H.B. Stanwood & Co.

Material: coin silver, ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 333798

Accession Number: 2018.110.9.

Fur Collar

Dark brown rabbit fur collar, unlined.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333876

Accession Number: 1969.5652

Fur Hat

Brown fur hat with a black quilted silk lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333877

Accession Number: 1969.5655

Fur Hat

Brown fur hat with a cuffed brim and brown quilted silk lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333878

Accession Number: 1969.5656

Fur Hat

Brown mink fur hat with a brown quilted silk lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333879

Accession Number: 1969.5657

Fur Hat

Dark brown mottled mink with quilted brown silk lining, hooks at sides on interior, possibly to attach removable flaps.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333880

Accession Number: 1969.5660

Fur Cuff

Brown mink brown silk lining with hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333881

Accession Number: 1969.5661

Fur Cuff

Brown mink with brown silk lining with hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333882

Accession Number: 1969.5662

Fur Ear Flaps

Dark brown mink ear flaps with hooks on the lining and a silk cord connecting the two pieces. Brown silk quilted lining

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333883

Accession Number: 1969.5663

Fur Collar, Hat, Cuffs, and Muff Set

Collar of astrakahn mottled gray curly lamb's wool fur with brown silk lining and a brown wrapped cord toggle (.1). Matching hat with ear flaps and a gray silk lining (.2), pair of cuffs with a brown silk lining (.3AB), and muff with gray silk lining (.4).

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333884

Accession Number: 1969.5671.1-.4

Shawl with Box

Wool knitted scarf(.1), wrapped in paper (.2) in a cardboard box with lid (.3AB).

Date: 1922

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 333885

Accession Number: 1969.5319.1-.3

Fur Collar and Cuffs

Two black fox fur collars with brown silk linings (.1 and .3) and a pair of fur cuffs (.2AB).

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333888

Accession Number: 1969.5653.1-.3

Fur Hat with Ear Flaps

Brown fur hat with ear flaps and brown quilted silk lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333889

Accession Number: 1969.5654

Pair of Fur Gloves

Pair of brown fur gloves with leather palms and brown silk and wool lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, leather, silk (fiber), wool (hair)

GUSN: 333890

Accession Number: 1969.5658AB

Pair of Fur Gloves

Pair of brown mink gloves with a leather palm and wool lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, leather, wool (hair)

GUSN: 333891

Accession Number: 1969.5659AB

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: ca. 1895

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

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 334351

Accession Number: 2019.6.1

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of a fish on white paper in black, blue, yellow, and purple, with swirls of blue, black, and orange. Japanese characters in red in the bottom left corner.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334358

Accession Number: 1984.496.19

Gropius Christmas Card

Thin brown paper with designs in red ink or paint: a circular design in the center of the paper as well as vertical lines on the right half of the page with three asian characters, possible Chinese. Printed and handwritten inscriptions in top and bottom right corners in black ink.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334359

Accession Number: 1984.496.27

Gropius Christmas Card

Black and red printed designs on thin brown paper with handwritten inscriptions in black ink.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334360

Accession Number: 1984.496.26

Gropius Christmas Card

Japanese calligraphy in black and red ink on thin white paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334361

Accession Number: 1984.496.20

Gropius Christmas Card

Thin, translucent white paper folded in half to make a card. Front bears a printed image (possibly woodblock or linoleum) of a sheep with words running along the bottom border. Interior of the card bears a handwritten inscription.

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

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334362

Accession Number: 1984.496.21

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card made of thin, translucent white paper with the left third folded in. Japanese calligraphy in red and a printed name on the folded left third; printed inscription and a signature in the lower right corner of the right side.

Date: 1962-1963

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334363

Accession Number: 1984.496.23

Gropius Christmas Card

Design and season's greetings printed in black and red-orange ink on thin, translucent, speckled white paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334364

Accession Number: 1984.496.25

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed design in black ink on light blue, translucent paper with printed inscription along lower edge and artist's signature in pencil.

Maker: Kranz, Kurt, 1910- (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334365

Accession Number: 1984.496.28

Gropius Christmas Card

Translucent, speckled off-white paper with the top two-thirds folded over and printed with a red design. Handwritten inscriptions on the interior in black and blue ink. Twisted strands of red and blue thread are threaded through two holes in the fold of the card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, thread

GUSN: 334366

Accession Number: 1984.496.24

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the image of a work of art with red and green conical shapes. A very happy/new year to you/and Ise. [illegible inscription]/Moncha

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334367

Accession Number: 1984.496.158

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with a work of art on the front (Tänzer or Dancer by Oskar Schlemmer) and a handwritten inscription on the back with German postage.

Date: 1956

Maker: Schlemmer, Helena Tutein, 1889-1987 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334368

Accession Number: 1984.496.165

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard printed with a work of art depicting an Italian piazza on the front. Handwritten message on the back with American postage. Postmarked December 24, 1957.

Date: 1957

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334369

Accession Number: 1984.496.157

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art depcting an angel in yellow and orange in the Pennsylvania German style. Interior bears a handwritten inscription; back bears description of the work of art featured on the card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334370

Accession Number: 1984.496.161

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card printed on the front with a stylized print in black and white. Handwritten inscription in the interior and printed text on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334371

Accession Number: 1984.496.160

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard printed with a work of art depicting the Virgin and child. Handwritten message in blue ink in on the back of the postcard with German postage.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334372

Accession Number: 1984.496.162

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with a work of art printed on the front and handwritten and printed inscriptions on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334373

Accession Number: 1984.496.163

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard produced by the Museum of Modern Art. Printed with a photograph of a person playing a pipe on the front and handwritten and printed inscriptions on the back. American postage; posted December 16, 1955.

Date: 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334374

Accession Number: 1984.496.166

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