Historic New England

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

Rhinestone Brooch

Blue and white rhinestone brooch. Pattern is leaf-like with blue stones as "leaves" and one stem, while white stones are the other two stems. Rhinestones are set in a silver plated backing with silver clasp on back.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: rhinestone, stainless steel

GUSN: 333684

Accession Number: 2018.58.1

Coro rose necklace

Coro goldtone necklace with corded chain. At center of chain is a rose surrounded on either side by four satin texured leaves.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Coro, Inc.

Material: gold alloy by composition or origin

GUSN: 333685

Accession Number: 2018.58.2

Campfire Girls ring

Symbolic vintage sterling silver ring, referred to as a Wood Gatherer ring from the youth organization the Camp Fire Girls. The piece is embellished with stud designs at the shoulders which represent work, health, and love (WOHELO). Bundled wood is depicted at the ring's center, by a columnar groupi...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 333686

Accession Number: 2018.58.3

Brooch

Grandmother's brooch has an intricate weave pattern with swirls on four sides of the pink paste stone in the center of the brooch. Alongside the swirls is an art deco like geometric interlacing pattern with raised edges and dots. Back of brooch has a simple pin.

Date: c. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy, paste (glass)

GUSN: 333687

Accession Number: 2018.58.4

Silver medallion necklace

Necklace with silver chain and medallion. Medallion has an incised edge radiating inward with a dots. The dots range in size, but are extremely small and reduce in size as they get closer to the center of the medallion. Etched in the center is the letter "G" with remnants of black paint.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: silver alloy

GUSN: 333688

Accession Number: 2018.58.5

"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

Flag

American flag with 48 stars.

Date: 1912-1959

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354036

Accession Number: 1969.3477

Tablecloth

Green and cream silk tablecloth with a floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 354037

Accession Number: 1969.3493

Blanket

Brown wool blanket with scalloped edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 354038

Accession Number: 1969.3492

Rug

Multi-colored loop yarn rug.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354039

Accession Number: 1969.3525

Flag

American flag with thirteen stars.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354040

Accession Number: 1969.8478

Tablecloths

Pair of blue and white checked tablecloths with blue embroidery in the corners.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 354041

Accession Number: 1969.3468.1-.2

Blanket

Brown and black fur blanket with a wool lining.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, wool (hair)

GUSN: 354042

Accession Number: 1969.3550

"Old Houses, Salem St."

Woman hanging laundry among gray buildings with red chimneys in Boston's North End.

Date: 1881

Maker: Lane, Susan Minot, 1832-1893 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas board

GUSN: 354045

Accession Number: 1993.13

Fabric Sample

Striped silk fragment with blue and green stripes. Slight plaid pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 354164

Accession Number: 1920.741

Fabric Sample

Bundle of fabric samples sewn together.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354168

Accession Number: 1930.216

Fabric Samples

Bundle of fabric samples sewn together.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354169

Accession Number: 1930.217

Cloth Sample

Blue, brown, and cream striped fabric sample.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354174

Accession Number: 1928.419G

Fabric Sample

Faded purple silk rolled in a paper package with a label " Hogg, Brown, & Taylor"; four fabric-covered buttons attached to paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 354175

Accession Number: 1964.375D

Cloth Samples

Bronze-colored silk damask fabric samples.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 354177

Accession Number: 1998.5826A-C

Teacup and Saucer

Teacup, saucer with Jewett House image, marked "R. B. Rideout."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 354229

Accession Number: 2020.11.1AB

Pair of Side Chairs

Pair of Portsmouth-made bannister back side chairs with an elaborately carved crest rail, turned stiles and stretchers, woven rush seats, and Spanish scroll feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), rush (material)

GUSN: 354279

Accession Number: 1.2013.1-.2

Day bed

Chaise day bed with eight turned legs. Four stretchers, one per pair of legs, cross width beneath seat. Two strechers per pair of legs along exterior. Back with turned spindles running from lower rail to top rail. Turned stiles culminate in rounded finials. Rushed seat, hand caned.

Date: 1926

Maker: Shaw Furniture Company (Cambridge, Mass.) (Manufacturer)

Material: walnut (wood), cane (plant material)

GUSN: 354298

Accession Number: 2020.14.1

Daniel Webster, draft will

Four page autograph draft will of Daniel Webster, c. 1850, delineates payment of debts and distribution of property after death.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354312

Accession Number: 2006.44.1131.1A

Paul Gaugin Letter to Schuffnecker

Three page letter and envelope, Paul Gaugin to Mon. Emile Schuffnecker regarding Gaugin's preparations for his departure to Tahiti; mentions receiving a message from Theo Van Gogh.

Date: 10-09-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354337

Accession Number: 2006.44.1131.2

Memorandum of Debts

Two and a half page autograph "Memorandum of Debts" by Daniel Webster. Lists debts and monies owed to him; see draft of Webster's will (2006.44.1131.1a) for reference to debts to be paid and monies collected after his death.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354338

Accession Number: 2006.44.1131.1B

Tennis Racket, "The Club"

Wooden tennis racket. Dark brown handle with red material band. Racket head lighter in color. Labelled "The Club" at the top of the racket head and "Wright & Ditson Boston" above handle.

Maker: Wright & Ditson

Material: wood and wood products, gut

GUSN: 354497

Accession Number: 1951.216