Historic New England

Fur Cuff

Fur cuff with light brown shearling and black silk lining, hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333437

Accession Number: 1969.5647

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333438

Accession Number: 1969.5648

Fur Collar

Fur collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333439

Accession Number: 1969.5649

Fur Headband

Brown fur headband.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333440

Accession Number: 1969.5650

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333441

Accession Number: 1969.5651

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

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

Cloth Fragment

Brown and white ground with small red floral print.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334473

Accession Number: 1917.1126

Textile Fragment

Green, white, and ochre printed fabric fragment.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334510

Accession Number: 1917.1178

Textile Fragment

Beige-green ground with purple, red, and yellow floral print.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334511

Accession Number: 1917.1342

Textile Fragment

Black velvet with green supplementary weft, likely silk.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 334533

Accession Number: 1917.1410

Textile Fragment

Loose plain weave coarse bast fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334539

Accession Number: 1919.124

Textile Fragment

Two pieces; plain weave cotton printed with floral and architectural design in white and brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334540

Accession Number: 1919.46

Textile Fragment

Glazed cotton chintz with yellow background and green leaf design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334541

Accession Number: 1919.53

Textile Fragment

Glazed cotton chintz with floral rose design and light blue ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334542

Accession Number: 1919.54

Textile Fragment

Printed cotton of two dogs in a doghouse with floral border.

Maker: Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 (Artist)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334543

Accession Number: 1919.55

Textile Fragment

Glazed cotton plain weave with birds and flowers in blue and red on cream ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334544

Accession Number: 1919.56

Textile Fragment

Plain weave cotton with buildings and church in yellow, blue, and brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334545

Accession Number: 1919.50

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card with stylized image of the three wise men in the desert and a star overhead. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside the card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334661

Accession Number: 1984.496.131

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card. Text and a design of a bird and flowering branches are printed in black ink over a background of red-orange and gold. Handwritten inscription in pencil.

Date: 1961

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334662

Accession Number: 1984.496.134

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with black and white photograph affixed to front. Photograph depicts a Greek bust of a woman. Printed inscriptions inside the card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334663

Accession Number: 1984.496.135\n

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded white card with Kiyoshi Saito print affixed to front cover. Interior has embossed, printed, and handwritten inscriptions.

Date: 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334664

Accession Number: 1984.496.136

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with print of Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" affixed to front. Inscriptions inside of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334665

Accession Number: 1984.496.137

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with print of geometric linework in black ink on front of card over a pink background. Inscriptions inside card.

Date: 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334666

Accession Number: 1984.496.138

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with black and white photo affixed to front. Image depicts a sculpture, possibly made of stone. Inscriptions inside card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334667

Accession Number: 1984.496.139

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with printed figure in colorful garb in interior accompanied by printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Date: 1957

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334668

Accession Number: 1984.496.140

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with drawing in black ink on front with touches of pink and yellow. Printed inscriptions inside of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334669

Accession Number: 1984.496.141

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with black and white image of an ancient relief printed on the front. Inscriptions inside the card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334670

Accession Number: 1984.496.133

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed image in black and white of an abstracted architectural landscape. Handwritten inscription on back of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334671

Accession Number: 1984.496.142

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card on white paper with abstract brush painting in black and white on front. Inscriptions inside card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334672

Accession Number: 1984.496.143

Gropius Christmas Card

Small print in brown and red ink on washi paper affixed to an off-white card. Card has printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334673

Accession Number: 1984.496.118

Gropius Christmas Card

White card with black-and-white photograph of stone structures in a landscape affixed to the front cover. Printed and handwritten text inside.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334674

Accession Number: 1984.496.119

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with a print by Kiyoshi Saito depicting two cats on a red background. Printed and handwritten inscriptions inside card.

Date: 1957

Maker: Saito, Kiyoshi, 1907-1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334675

Accession Number: 1984.496.120

Gropius Christmas Card

White folded card with printed image in shades of blue on front cover. No text or images in interior. Back cover has handwritten and printed text.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334676

Accession Number: 1984.496.121

Gropius Christmas Card

Strip of green paper with printed black border, folded over itself and sealed with red wax. Interior is gold with printed black border with an inscription printed in black ink.

Maker: Shranger, William H. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wax

GUSN: 334677

Accession Number: 1984.496.122

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed Christmas card in teal ink depicting an architectural drawing with a caption and Christmas greetings.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334678

Accession Number: 1984.496.123

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