Historic New England

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

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

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with a work of art printed on the front and handwritten and printed inscriptions on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334373

Accession Number: 1984.496.163

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard produced by the Museum of Modern Art. Printed with a photograph of a person playing a pipe on the front and handwritten and printed inscriptions on the back. American postage; posted December 16, 1955.

Date: 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334374

Accession Number: 1984.496.166

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard with design printed on the front in gray with text printed in red and sender's name handwritten in black ink. Printed description of the image and handwritten recipient's address on the back with German postage. Posted December 16, 1957.

Date: 1957

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334375

Accession Number: 1984.496.159

Gropius Christmas Card

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

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

Art nouveau cuff links

A set of art nouveau cuff links purchased at Biba, London, circa 1970. part of the Men's wedding ensemble from 1972.

Date: c. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 332687

Accession Number: 2017.45.5.2AB

Bow Tie

Navy velvet bow tie from Tuc or Filenes Basement. Part of the Mens' wedding ensemble of 1972.

Date: c. 1972

Maker: unknown

Material: plush

GUSN: 332689

Accession Number: 2017.45.5.3

Blue double-breasted jacket

Navy blue double breasted jacket purchased at Truc, a boutique store in Cambridge, Mass. circa 1968. part of the mens' wedding ensemble from 1972.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), linen (material), cotton (textile), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 332691

Accession Number: 2017.45.5.4

Plush striped pants.

Multi-colored plush pants with navy blue, grey, red, and yellow stripes. Purchased, but not worn, for the men's wedding ensemble from 1972.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 332693

Accession Number: 2017.45.5.5

Smoke shade holder

Smoke shade holder with spring clip, pierced candleholder with central diamond motif, wire arm; partially upright.

Date: 1885-1914

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 332748

Accession Number: 1969.19127

Smoke shade holder

Smoke shade holder with spring clip, pierced candleholder with central diamond motif, wire arm; partially upright.

Date: 1885-1914

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 332749

Accession Number: 1969.19128\n

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