Historic New England

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

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

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

Card printed with black and white image of bamboo on front. Printed and handwritten inscriptions on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334376

Accession Number: 1984.496.164

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with a printed photograph of a sculpture of stacked animals on the front. Handwritten message in blue ink and printed inscription on back with German postage.

Date: 1959

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334377

Accession Number: 1984.496.169

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with an image of an angel-like figure in white and gray with a yellow star printed on a blue background on the front. Printed and handwritten inscriptions in the interior and printed inscription on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334378

Accession Number: 1984.496.172

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with design in blues and red printed on front. Printed and handwritten inscriptions in interior and printed inscription on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334380

Accession Number: 1984.496.168

Spoon and Stand

This large serving spoon (A) consists of a mussel shell lashed with sinew to a smoothed stick handle. It rests on a custom stand (B) made from the cross-sectional slice of a tree and a deer antler.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Robin, Jr., 1962-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: shell (animal material), sinew, wood (plant material), antler

GUSN: 334401

Accession Number: 2018.27.6AB

Basket

This round basket is woven with ash splints of various widths in a checkerboard pattern. The exterior is decorated with purple pigment in repeating dots and undulating lines.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Lorén, 1966-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: ash (wood), pigment

GUSN: 334402

Accession Number: 2018.27.7

Corn Husk Doll

This doll is constructed from cornhusks and dyed twine. She wears a glass bead necklace and fingertwined headband and carries a fingertwined sash.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Lorén, 1966-, Narragansett Nation

Material: cornhusk dolls, twine, twining, glass (material), beads (pierced objects), synthetic fiber

GUSN: 334403

Accession Number: 2018.27.8

Pair of Moccasins

Each moccasin in this pair is constructed from hand-sewn deerhide. The turned cuffs are painted with flowering vines in shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and orange highlighted with gold-colored metal studs. Made for an adult.

Date: 2018

Maker: LaRose, Silvermoon, 1980-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: deerskin, pigment, metal, studs (bosses)

GUSN: 334404

Accession Number: 2018.27.9AB

Pair of moccasins

Each moccasin in this pair is made from hand-sewn tanned deerhide. The turned cuffs are embellished with red cotton ribbon stitched to the outer edges and a repeating traditional design in black pigment. Made for a child.

Date: ca. 2018

Maker: LaRose, Silvermoon, 1980-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: deerskin, pigment, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334405

Accession Number: 2018.27.10AB

Cloth Fragment

Brown ground with abstract and floral print.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 334472

Accession Number: 1917.1125

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

This bracelet is constructed from alternating cylinder-shaped and rounded wampum beads strung on an elastic cord.

Date: 2018

Maker: Fox, Swift, 1957-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: wampum, shell and shell material

GUSN: 333095

Accession Number: 2018.27.3

Pipe

This pipe is constructed from carved deer antler. The stem is wrapped with twine in alternating stripes of red and white flanking a section of tanned deerskin stitched in place around the stem. The bowl is decorated with a glass bead and bird feather.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Robin, Jr., 1962-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: antler, deerskin, twine, feather (material), glass (material), beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 333096

Accession Number: 2018.27.4

Quahog shell

One half of a quahog shell of the type used for wampum production. Interior is bicolored white and purple.

Date: 2018

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material)

GUSN: 333097

Accession Number: 2018.27.5

Furniture Hardware Sample Board

Sample board showing furniture hardware. Examples of brass bail handles with and without back plates, drop pulls, and knobs on a heavy mahogany board marked "Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport"

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333101

Accession Number: 2018.38.1

Furniture Hardware Sample Board

Sample board showing furniture hardware. Examples of brass bail handles with and without back plates, drop pulls, knobs, and escutcheons on a heavy mahogany board.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333102

Accession Number: 2018.38.2