Historic New England

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of a woman (Marion Willard, New York gallerist) and dog. The woman depicted holds up a rectangular frame before her face and the dog. The stucco wall behind her is painted with abstract designs.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333915

Accession Number: 1984.58.42

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Card with inscription on front and black-and-white images on both sides of interior. Images show the faces of a man and a woman and an aerial view of a white structure and foliage.

Date: 1943

Maker: Wagner, Martin, 1885-1957 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333916

Accession Number: 1984.58.3

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of sheet music, raised images of flowers, and the number 60 cut out of black-and-white images of nude women with painted blue backgrounds. Collage is mounted on white paper.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333917

Accession Number: 1984.58.44

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Typed lines of text in blue ink affixed to a blue card.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333918

Accession Number: 1984.58.45

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white photographs of a woman and child and a pilot sitting in an airplane affixed to a white and green background on top of gold paper. Three star stickers, two silver and one red, border the white and green section. Signatures of the artists are written on sections of green and red paper.

Date: 1943

Maker: Noyes, Eliot (Artist) Noyes, Mary Duncan Weed, 1915-2010 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333919

Accession Number: 1984.58.46

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage on top of gold paper of an illustration of a long-legged bird, possibly a crane, with a black-and-white photograph of a woman's face positioned as if the bird is holding it in its mouth. Lower right corner of the illustration bears the artist's signature.

Date: 1943

Maker: Bayer, Joella Syrara Haweis, 1907-2004 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333920

Accession Number: 1984.58.47

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Image of yellow lilies affixed to a yellow card. Two paper tags bearing the artists' signatures are tied around the stem of the flower image with white string and are also adhered to the card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969 Forbes, Margaret Laighton, 1907-1966 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333922

Accession Number: 1984.58.30

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of a weaving loom and shuttle affixed to a yellow card. Image bears the artist's signature in its lower right corner.

Date: 1943

Maker: Ehrman, Marli, 1904-1982 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333923

Accession Number: 1984.58.32

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An image of a matador that has been recolored and embroidered with gold thread, gold beads, and pink sequins, affixed to a gold card, with a different man's face adhered over the head of the matador. A small handwritten inscription is located to the right of the matador's calf. A label with an inscr...

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), thread, beads (pierced objects), sequins (spangles), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333924

Accession Number: 1984.58.33

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of a man placing a white chair in a dollhouse, mounted on yellow card.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), adhesive

GUSN: 333925

Accession Number: 1984.58.34

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Image of two linked rings, one red and one blue, affixed to gray card. Each ring bears a distinct signature.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333926

Accession Number: 1984.58.35

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Islamic miniature-style painting with Arabic script in upper right corner, possibly in gouache, affixed to gold paper. Painting depicts a man with a stringed instrument and a woman behind him cupping his face affectionately.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333927

Accession Number: 1984.58.37

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Blue and white paper, mounted on red card, bearing inscription in pink colored pencil.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333928

Accession Number: 1984.58.38

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of a work of art by Kandinsky mounted on light mauve paper, mounted on gold paper. Inscription in black ink identifies the image and artist of the birthday card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Possibly Mierendorff, Carl, 1897-1943 (Assembler) Kandinsky, Wassily Wassilyevich, 1866-1944 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333929

Accession Number: 1984.58.39

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Silhouette of a bulding with a smoking chimney cut out of white paper, possibly Stubbins's letterhead, with artist's name and business printed in red ink. Silhouette bears artists' signatures and is affixed to a blue card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Stubbins, Hugh, 1912-2006 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333930

Accession Number: 1984.58.20

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of pieces of maps of California and Massachusetts affixed to white card. A photographic slide depicting a man and a woman is taped to the front of the card. Two labels bearing the names of the artists are affixed to the back of the card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Wurster, William Wilson, 1895-1973 (Artist) Wurster, Catherine Krouse Bauer, 1905-1964 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), slides (photographs), adhesive, ink

GUSN: 333931

Accession Number: 1984.58.21

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Card with images on front cover and interior. Front: Black-and-white image of a person in profile, affixed to blue card, with artist's signature written in white ink. Inside left: Illustration of a woman standing in front of a red and yellow house affixed to silver card. Inside right: Black-and-whit...

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333932

Accession Number: 1984.58.22

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photographs of a man and mountains affixed to an illustration of pork hanging in a cold storage room. Inscriptions identify the illustration and offer a birthday message from the artist.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333933

Accession Number: 1984.58.23

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Four black-and-white images affixed to a pink card. Two depict the same man, two depict the same woman.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), adhesive

GUSN: 333934

Accession Number: 1984.58.24

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of buildings set in a landscape affixed to a black card. The lower edge of the image bears two signatures and a caption identifying the landscape.

Date: 1943

Maker: Conant, Kenneth John, 1894-1984 (Artist) Conant, Maria S. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333935

Accession Number: 1984.58.25

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Handwritten message on paper affixed to red-and-white striped card. Gold star stickers are affixed to the message at each corner of the piece of paper.

Date: 1943

Maker: Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, stickers, adhesive

GUSN: 333936

Accession Number: 1984.58.26

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a vase made up of vertical lines with two handles. A short horizontal line at the base and a row of triangles at the top. Brown background with black and some green and red paint. Triangular cut on the bottom proper left side.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335807

Accession Number: 1941.1699.52

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of four circles with jagged edges and a heart. Brown background with red and yellow paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335808

Accession Number: 1941.1699.53

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with four curved puffy leaves and four smaller round flowers. Inverted 'V' squiggle underneath and a rounded stick on top. Series of circles getting larger as they go down on the proper left side. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335809

Accession Number: 1941.1699.54

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of three jagged flower heads. Brown background with red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335811

Accession Number: 1941.1699.55

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a curvy flower display. There are three jagged flower heads and three round flower heads and many leaves around them. Brown background with green and black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335812

Accession Number: 1941.1699.56

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a row of a repeating pattern. Two drooping rounded flowers turning outward with a small diamond in between. Brown background with green, pink, and black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335813

Accession Number: 1941.1699.57

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of an alternating patter of a square flower made of six petals and a tilted rectangle consisting of four lines. The tilt of the rectangle alternates left to right. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335814

Accession Number: 1941.1699.58

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of jagged round leaves place around a sinusoidal stem. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335815

Accession Number: 1941.1699.59

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with two large upward arcs. Two connected tassels with a series of horizontal lines and a small circle in the center. A square star and an oval on either side. Symmetrical except for a large oval on the proper left side. One row of dashed lines on the top and two rows of dashed l...

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335816

Accession Number: 1941.1699.60

Tablecloth

White linen tablecloth with hand-knotted fringe.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 335817

Accession Number: 1935.373

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made of a print in black ink on thin, translucent paper. Print depicts stalks of wheat or a similar plant and text along the bottom, "IT DIETH NOT." Interior bears handwritten inscriptions.

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

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 335835

Accession Number: 1984.496.22\n 1984.496.22

Cloth Sample

Plain cotton weave with green and red floral on tan ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335838

Accession Number: 1919.58E

James Patent Stove Model Framed Instructions

"Directions For Using" the William T. James Patent Cooking Stove on handmade paper, framed under glass.

Date: c.1823

Maker: unknown

Material: framing (processes), paper by form, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 335840

Accession Number: 2019.14.1

Dollhouse

(A) Dollhouse with furnishings, used at the Four High Road Tea House. (B) with painted panel cover depicting exterior front of house and (c) glass panel

Date: 1940-1965

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335843

Accession Number: 2019.17.1A-C