Historic New England

Cigarette box

Rectangular red lacquer trinket or cigarette box (.a) and lid (.b) flush with sides.

Date: 1955-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: wood by composition or origin, lacquering

GUSN: 317475

Accession Number: 1942.1659AB

Box of hair ornaments

Blue cardboard box containing artificial floral sprigs, sequined hair bow, and feather.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317480

Accession Number: 1969.7121.1-.6

Box containing flower sprig

Teal box containing artificial flower sprig.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317481

Accession Number: 1969.7119.1-.2

Box containg corsages

Pink box containing artificial floral corsages, one pink and green, the other black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317483

Accession Number: 1969.6606.1AB-.3

Artificial Flower sprig

Silk rose sprig.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317486

Accession Number: 1969.7110

Artificial flower spray

Silk violet spray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317488

Accession Number: 1969.7111

Artificial flower spray

Spray of three silk roses.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317489

Accession Number: 1969.7112

Artificial Flower Spray

Spray of silk pink roses.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317490

Accession Number: 1969.7113

Artificial Flower Spray

Silk Lily of the Valley spray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317491

Accession Number: 1969.7114

Artificial flower spray

Silk Lily of the Valley spray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317492

Accession Number: 1969.7115

Artificial Flower

Silk rose.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317495

Accession Number: 1969.7116

Artificial Flower Spray

Silk white carnation spray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317497

Accession Number: 1969.7117

Box containing artificial flower sprays

Gray cardbaord box with green paper border. Contains 1969.7110-1969.7117.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317498

Accession Number: 1969.7118AB

Hair Ornament

Purple feather plume with silver sequined butterfly and attaching wires.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317500

Accession Number: 1969.6923

Feather Plume

Green feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317506

Accession Number: 1969.7132

Feather Plume

Black feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317507

Accession Number: 1969.7133

Feather Plume

Black feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317508

Accession Number: 1969.7134

Feather Plume

Black feather plume.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317509

Accession Number: 1969.7135

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317510

Accession Number: A3236

Small Oval Box

Small, oval green box with cover.

Maker: Grande Maison de Blanc

GUSN: 317511

Accession Number: 1920.200.2AB

Box

Small, square paper box with hinged cover. Box is covered in light blue paper. "Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Boston" printed in black on cover.

Maker: Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 317514

Accession Number: 1931.1903.2

This brooch is formed from a single piece of silver wire hammered into an abstracted geometric shape. A large grey banded agate is bezel-set offcenter. Closure is a pin and safety clasp soldered to the back of the agate bezel. Marked.

Date: 1940-1965

Maker: Kraus, Hilda, 1915-2014 (Artist, Designer)

Material: sterling silver, agate (chalcedony)

GUSN: 317518

Accession Number: 2016.7.1

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of an owl on top of an hourglass in black and white over a background of blue, red, green, and gray. The years 1948 and 1949 are painted with white paint inside the sand of the hourglass. Handwritten inscription along the top edge in black ink.

Date: 1948-1949

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334256

Accession Number: 1984.496.4

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of a bird on a black branch over a brown and blue background, set inside a folded piece of paper. Handwritten inscription in black ink along bottom edge of image.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334257

Accession Number: 1984.496.5

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of white birds over blue, green, black, and red background, mounted on gray paper, with a handwritten inscription in black ink in left and right borders.

Date: 1965-1966

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334258

Accession Number: 1984.496.7

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of a white bird over a sea-like background affixed to a brown paper card. Inscription in white paint along lower edge of painting.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334259

Accession Number: 1984.496.8

Gropius Christmas Card

Drawing of a bird on a branch made from sand sprinkled over glue on delicate white paper. Handwritten inscription in black ink in lower right corner.

Maker: Kepes, Juliet (Artist) Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), sand, ink

GUSN: 334260

Accession Number: 1984.496.9

Gropius Christmas Card

Painting of white birds over a stained glass-like background in black and other colors. Pencil inscription on back.

Date: 1958

Maker: Kepes, Gyorgy (Artist)

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

GUSN: 334261

Accession Number: 1984.496.10

Gropius Christmas Card

Drawing of a man wearing a keffiyeh alongside a handwritten inscription in Arabic in black ink.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334262

Accession Number: 1984.496.12

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded pop-up card of a black teapot over a gold background.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 334263

Accession Number: 1984.496.13

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded card made from delicate, translucent off-white paper. A print of the word NOEL in black and brown ink on the same kind of paper is affixed to the interior, above the beginning of a handwritten letter in German.

Date: 1959

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 334264

Accession Number: 1984.496.14

Gropius Christmas Card

A piece of white paper folded inside a piece of folded red paper. Japanese calligraphy in black ink on left side of white paper interior; printed inscription in English on right side of white paper interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334265

Accession Number: 1984.496.11

Gropius Christmas Card

Folded card on thin beige paper. Front is a collage with striped paper and a drawing of a bird with a worm inside a decorative frame. The bird and worm drawing is "hung" from the striped paper with thin wire and is movable. Interior of the card bears an inscription in red pencil.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, colored pencils, wire, paint (coating)

GUSN: 334266

Accession Number: 1984.496.15

Gropius Christmas Card

Black-and-white photograph made into a postcard with Italian postage/postal markings. Photograph has been edited to have a handwritten inscription in white with a greeting and the artist's initials.

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, ink, postage stamps

GUSN: 334267

Accession Number: 1984.496.16

Gropius Christmas Card

Color print in black, red, green, and yellow folded in half to make a greeting card. Handwritten inscriptions on front cover in green pencil. Handwritten inscriptions in interior in red pencil and black ink.

Maker: Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink, ink, colored pencils

GUSN: 334268

Accession Number: 1984.496.17

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

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