Historic New England

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with abstract image in gray, black, white, and red on the front cover. Printed inscriptions inside and on back.

Date: 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334799

Accession Number: 1984.496.176

Greeting card with abstract geometric design in blue, pink, red, purple, and black printed on the cover. Printed design in black and inscriptions in black and blue ink inside card. Printed inscriptions on back of card as well.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334800

Accession Number: 1984.496.177

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334801

Accession Number: 1984.496.178

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334802

Accession Number: 1984.496.179

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334803

Accession Number: 1984.496.180

Hat

Gray wool man's bowler or derby hat, Edward's Hat Company

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), satin

GUSN: 335070

Accession Number: 2019.11.1.1

Hat

Black Wool Man's Hat with Box, Fred Kelly Company, New York.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335071

Accession Number: 2019.11.2.1

Hat

Green Wool Man's Hat with Box, Disney Company, New York. Band above brim with decorative red feather and small airplain pin.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335072

Accession Number: 2019.11.3.1

Plate

"Alice, Her Plate" plate from the Paul Revere Pottery. Yellow plate with decorative band of cream and white with small flowers and two labels.

Date: c. 1920

Maker: Paul Revere Pottery, Inc. (Brighton, Mass.)

GUSN: 335074

Accession Number: 2019.12.1

Plate

"Little Chicks" plate with band of chicks in sets of three all along band. Yellow on white/cream ground.

Date: c. 1920

Maker: Paul Revere Pottery, Inc. (Brighton, Mass.)

GUSN: 335075

Accession Number: 2019.12.2

Pitcher

Pitcher with Lid from the Paul Revere Pottery

Date: c. 1920

Maker: Paul Revere Pottery, Inc. (Brighton, Mass.)

GUSN: 335076

Accession Number: 2019.12.3

Mug

Mug from the Paul Revere Pottery. Yellow mug with illustration on front center, opposite of handle, depicting a white bird in profile in a landscape, enclosed in circle. Double band around exterior of mug.

Date: c. 1920

Maker: Paul Revere Pottery, Inc. (Brighton, Mass.)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 335077

Accession Number: 2019.12.4

Wallpaper

Machine printed wallpaper

Date: 1937

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335078

Accession Number: 2019.12.5

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a variety of different leaves- some jagged, some smooth, some long, some circular. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335754

Accession Number: 1941.1699.2

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a simple flower with four perpendicular, equally sized petals. Brown background with green, purple, and red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335755

Accession Number: 1941.1699.1

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a simple flower consisting of six petals. Mottled brown background with black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335756

Accession Number: 1941.1699.3

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a flower with four small jagged petals in the center surrounded by twelve larger petals (alternating thin, thin, thick). Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335757

Accession Number: 1941.1699.4

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a circle made of small leaves surrounded by large leaves of varying shapes. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335758

Accession Number: 1941.1699.5

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a flower with four small jagged petals in the center surrounded by twelve larger petals (alternating thin, thin, thick). Light brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335759

Accession Number: 1941.1699.6

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton Stencil of a flower pot consisting of horizontal lines and five flower heads but no stems. Brown background with red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335760

Accession Number: 1941.1699.7

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of five flowers growing out of a pot made by a series of vertical lines. Brown background with green and black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335761

Accession Number: 1941.1699.8

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a flower with a circular center with four triangular flower heads around it. Thin leaf on each side of the flower head. Little flower heads between the flower heads. Brown background with black paint.

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335762

Accession Number: 1941.1699.9

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eatin stencil of two lines pointed in toward each other like a 'V'. Brown background with green and red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335763

Accession Number: 1941.1699.10

Moses Eaton Stencil

A: Moses Eaton stencil of five jagged leaves emerging from a center point with a small squiggle underneath. Brown background with black paint. B: Moses Eaton stencil of five jagged leaves emerging from a center point with a small squiggle underneath. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335764

Accession Number: 1941.1699.11AB

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a heart. Mottled brown background with green, red, and orange paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335765

Accession Number: 1941.1699.12

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of an alternating pattern of three leaves with a crown and two half ovals facing away from each other. Brown background with red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335766

Accession Number: 1941.1699.13

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with two jagged archways. Under each archway, there are three flowers: two small flowers with eight small petals and one large central flower with three petals. There is a line between the two archways and two rows of diamonds under everything. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335767

Accession Number: 1941.1699.14

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with leaves and flower heads. Some are jagged and most smooth. Light brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335768

Accession Number: 1941.1699.15

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a series of large leaves. Mottled brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335769

Accession Number: 1941.1699.16

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with a dashed line above five down-turned leaves. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335770

Accession Number: 1941.1699.17

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of puffy curves alternating large and small. Above and below the small puffy curves are thin smooth perpendicular curves. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335771

Accession Number: 1941.1699.18

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a fern pattern in the shape of a cross with larger ferns on the extremities and smaller ferns toward the center. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335772

Accession Number: 1941.1699.19

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with a central long dashed line and symmetrical leaves on either side. Mottled brown background with black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335773

Accession Number: 1941.1699.20

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph, possibly of Radiology Institute of Osnabrück (Röntgeninstitut Osnabrück), mounted to white card with handwritten and stamped inscriptions.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lindner, Emanuel, 1905-1985 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333159

Accession Number: 1984.54.94

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Typed letter in German to Walter Gropius.

Date: 1953

Maker: Gust, George (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333160

Accession Number: 1984.54.95

Suspenders

Multi-colored suspenders worn by Richard Nylander when he married Jane Giffen on July 8, 1972. Straps are woven in an elasticized looped pile. Straps are vertically striped in yellow, gold, orange, tan, and brown assembled left to right on a navy background. Crossed at the center back and stitched i...

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (fiber), metal, elasticity

GUSN: 333180

Accession Number: 2018.40.1

Velveteen wedding pants

One pair of blue velveteen wedding pants. Four matching pockets, two in front and two in back, with flap and button enclosures.

Date: c. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: velveteen

GUSN: 333181

Accession Number: 2018.40.2

Blue suit pants

One pair of men's blue suit pants. Slight flare at ankle.

Date: c. 1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333182

Accession Number: 2018.40.3

White cotton pants

One pair of white cotton pants. Label on inner pocket reads, "Levi's / Sta-Prest / Never Needs Ironing." Small flare at the ankle.

Date: c. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 333183

Accession Number: 2018.40.4

Set of embroidered linens by Olivia Langley Sleeper Crosby

Set of embroidered linens by Olive Langley Sleeper Crosby (1888-1977). Sampling includes (a-b) two guest towels, (c) one mat from a luncheon set, and (d-f) three styles of monogramed table napkins, all completed before her marriage in 1910. One guest towel (b) features tatting added by Olive's mothe...

Date: c. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), embroidering, tatting (process)

GUSN: 333185

Accession Number: 2018.41.1A-F

Silk brocade fragment, 18th century

Silk brocade fabric fragment. Dark green background with a decorative floral pattern in gold, blue, and red. Fragment possibly removed from a mid-18th century wedding dress belonging to "Lady Goodwin" of South Berwick, Maine.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), brocading

GUSN: 333186

Accession Number: 2018.41.2

Wallpaper Roll

Unused roll of shiny silver and bright pink foil wallpaper. Design is a version of the fleur de lis. Was used in a bathroom in Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333203

Accession Number: 2018.42.1

Pink swiss dot dress with lace trim

Pink swiss dot doll dress with white lace trim around sleeves and collar

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333211

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.6

Knitted red skirt with fur trim

Red knit doll skirt with velcro attachment at waist and fur trim around hem

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333212

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.7

Knitted red sweater with fur trim, white cord closure

Red knit doll jackets with white cord tie at the front and fur trim around the hem

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333213

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.8

2 piece pale purple ensemble with white lace trim

Two-piece purple ensemble. Skirt has white lace trim at bottom hem and around waste. Shirt has bell sleeves. White lace around opening of sleeves and neckline.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333214

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.9ab