Historic New England

Cardboard box

Red and white cardboard box with lid containing twenty assorted, blank postcards

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248825

Accession Number: 1984.985AB

Record Album

Blue and Gold labeled record on Duke Ellington

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248851

Accession Number: 1984.1015

Box

Cardboard package for Bright-Eye T.V. Interference Filter

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248945

Accession Number: 1984.1035

Drinking tumbers; cylindrical body rising from a waisted circular foot; applied "strawberry" knobs along the base, in the Venetian style; gilt irridescent finish; unpolished pontil; 1.-.5 aqua blue; .6-.7 amethyst; .8.14 green.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 248998

Accession Number: 1949.653.1-14

Earthenware Plate

Tin-glazed earthenware plate; scalloped edge; painted floral design; red on edge

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, tin glaze, china paint, paint by function, painting and painting techniques

GUSN: 249000

Accession Number: 1949.655

Currier and Ives Print

Print; "A Snowy Morning"; lithograph; framed.

Maker: Currier & Ives

Material: printing (process), printing and printing processes and techniques, printing paper, printing ink, printing processes

GUSN: 249002

Accession Number: 1949.453

Tea Table

Circular top; inlay pateral; tripod.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood by composition or origin, wood (plant material), inlay (process)

GUSN: 249007

Accession Number: 1949.459

Bed

Federal four-poster bed with two turned foot posts with swelled reeding and urn above rail, heavily reeded below rails. Turned tapered head posts. Pine headboard with serpentine crest. Maple rails have beaded outside edges. Bolt caps on foot posts, none at head. Fitted with a modern boxspring and ho...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 249008

Accession Number: 1971.69

Footstool

Footstool; exposed carved wooden legs that gently turn out; carved serpentine apron; tapestry upholstery.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), tapestry (process)

GUSN: 249011

Accession Number: 1949.467

Paisley Shawl

Shawl with a paisley border.

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 249014

Accession Number: 1949.468

Bed Warmer

Bed warming pan; brass pan; attached lid; engraved decoration on lid; turned wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy), engraving (action), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 249015

Accession Number: 1949.471

Street Scene by a Harbor

Framed and matted color print; depicts 19th century street scene in a harbor town with people milling about, three and four story buildings along a water front with lamp posts and sailboats on the water.

Maker: unknown

Material: printing (process), printing paper, printing ink, color printing

GUSN: 249017

Accession Number: 1949.476

Alabaster Vase

Alabaster vase; ear-like S-shaped handles; pear shaped with protruding curved lip.

Maker: unknown

Material: alabaster (mineral), carving and carving techniques

GUSN: 249021

Accession Number: 1949.477

Brass Kettle

Large brass kettle; bail handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 249025

Accession Number: 1949.482

Glass Puff or Powder Jar

Opaque blue glass cosmetic jar with lid.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 249027

Accession Number: 1949.486

Picture; Framed Book Jacket

Book jacet framed in wooden 19th century ogee frame; depicts floral bouquet on a lace background and inscription around the bouquet.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: printed ephemera, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 249032

Accession Number: 1949.493

Portrait of Benjamin Vaughan

Watercolor portrait of Benjamin Vaughan in clerical garb. Framed under glass with a black eglomise oval surround with a gilt border.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 249035

Accession Number: 1949.495

Silhouette of Naval Officer

Silhouette; depicts naval officer in profile looking toward right

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cutting (dividing)

GUSN: 249036

Accession Number: 1949.496

Framed Print Engraving of St. Memin

Framed print engraving; depicts profile of (by) Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin.

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 249038

Accession Number: 1949.498

Framed Engraving of a Woman

Framed engraving; depicts a woman in mop-type cap and wearing shawl over large puffy long sleves.

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 249042

Accession Number: 1949.499

Electrified Oil Lamp

Electrified oil lamp; Sandwich-type opaque white pressed glass; pierced floral lamp shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, electric lamps (lighting device forms), oil lamps

GUSN: 249045

Accession Number: 1949.488

Earthenware Porringer

Brown-glazed, earthenware porringer; bowl-shaped body turns out at the rim; C-shaped handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pottery (object genre), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 249049

Accession Number: 1992.733

Miniature Canada Goose Decoy

Pair of carved and painted miniature Canada geese; 872.2 is in a swimming pose while 872.1 is swimming and calling; they are naturalistically painted.

Date: 1890.1920

Maker: Lincoln, Joseph Whiting, Mr. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), oil paint (paint), paint (coating)

GUSN: 249262

Accession Number: 1991.872.2

Matchbox

Gold, cardboard matchbox cover

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 249271

Accession Number: 1984.1093.1.1

Matchbox

Matchbox with watercolor and wax image of Santa Claus

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 249272

Accession Number: 1984.1093.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, "The Queen Anne", Pattern 6136, Floral trees, birds, and urns printed in pinks, blues, and yellow on tan ground. Wallpaper glued to cardboard flattened cardboard box and then affixed to the wall.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 249379

Accession Number: 2010.39.1.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments glued to cardboard box, "The Queen Anne", Pattern 6136, Floral trees, birds, and urns printed in pinks, blues, and yellow on tan ground [top half]. Small fragment of metallic silver lines printed on tan ground [bottom left]. Tan flowers with pastel blue centers [bottom half].

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 249382

Accession Number: 2010.39.1.2

Sash

Long white silk sash. Found in box with artificial flowers from Lucy Lythgoe's wedding (2002.29.39a-c).

Date: ca. 1902

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 248393

Accession Number: 2002.29.48

Wallpaper

Framed Chinoiserie wallpaper sample. Appears to be a pattern of two alternating scenes. In the first, a woman serves tea to a man sitting on a porch. In the second, the woman looks on as the man fishes and a boy flies a kite. Both scenes also include birds, plants, a river, and bridges. Roller print...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 248395

Accession Number: 2007.9.1

Wallpaper

Framed wallpaper sample. Paper is roller printed, machine-made Chinoiserie with a red background. Consists of four different sections, each separated by a bamboo lattice-like design. Two vignettes feature people holding musical instruments, while the other two contain vaises of pink and white flowe...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 248396

Accession Number: 2007.9.2

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Greeting card; photograph with inscription.

Maker: (Artist)

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

GUSN: 248419

Accession Number: 1984.58.7

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photograph with graphic of packing box in red, white, and black. With inscription.

Date: 1943

Maker: Paepcke, Walter, 1896-1960 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 248420

Accession Number: 1984.58.8

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Birthday card to Walter Gropius from Herbert Bayer; depicts hazy red background with finger print and clouds, boy in lederhosen costume with a staff at right bottom corner.

Date: 1943

Maker: Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 248426

Accession Number: 1984.58.13

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Clipping from magazine or other publication affixed to a pink card. Clipping includes a photograph depicting a man demonstrating how an object may be suspended in a jet of air without any other support; handwritten inscription in red ink beneath photograph.

Date: 1943

Maker: Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, d. 1945 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248430

Accession Number: 1984.58.15

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Birthday card to Walter Gropius: Berlin work picture matted in a blue paper greeting card. Image depicts a blue bird in a tree with a mountain behind, blue sky with a flying bird, and other trees and flowers. Colors include blue, green, tan, and red, with a dark green and pink border. A small piece ...

Date: 1943

Maker: Storrow, Helen Osborne, 1864-1944 (Artist)

Material: Berlin woolwork, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248432

Accession Number: 1984.58.16

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Greeting card depicts man sitting in a chair with his head in his hands with a bubble above his head with a photograph of a woman; sepia and black and white photographs arranged in a collage.

Date: 1943

Maker: Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 (Artist)

Material: photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248433

Accession Number: 1984.58.29

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage on pink backgroud; black and white photograph depicts Ise Gropius; photograph surrounded by three small feathers and a small card with her initial "I" in calligraphy.

Date: 1943

Maker: Gropius, Ise (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), feather (material), photographic paper

GUSN: 248434

Accession Number: 1984.58.31

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photograph affixed to a blue card with red corners. Photographic depicts a man in a sergeant's uniform with an inscription above his head in the top right corner.

Date: 1943

Maker: Feininger, T. Lux, 1910-2011 (Photographer)

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248435

Accession Number: 1984.58.36

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Photographic portrait depicting the head and shoulders of a man (Josef Albers) in a suit and tie. A small piece of paper with the inscription Albers in black ink is affixed to the photograph below Albers's face; second inscription in white ink in bottom left corner of photograph.

Date: 1943

Maker: Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist)

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 248436

Accession Number: 1984.58.40