Historic New England

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white photographs collaged onto off-white card. Subjects of photographs include woman (Marianne Brandt), lamp, interior space, silver tea set, architecture, group of people. Handwritten inscription on white paper affixed to upper middle of card.

Date: 1953

Maker: Brandt, Marianne (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247177

Accession Number: 1984.54.63

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with printed text and a picture of a drawing on the left and on the right a picture of a building with printed and typed inscriptions, a handwritten message, and a picture of a sculpture of a cat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Schwertfeger, Kurt, 1897- (Artist)

Material: ink, pictures (two-dimensional representations), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247178

Accession Number: 1984.54.64

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Engraving print with handwritten inscription below

Maker: Baschant, Rudolf, 1897-1955 (Artist)

Material: engravings (prints), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247179

Accession Number: 1984.54.65

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pencil drawing of a staircase and a door.

Date: 1953

Maker: Weiss, Gertrud Ursula (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works)

GUSN: 247180

Accession Number: 1984.54.66

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a black and white photographic print of a man by a window and a printed inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Lang, Lothar, 1928-2013 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 247181

Accession Number: 1984.54.67

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Charcoal drawing of a landscape with two handwritten inscriptions below.

Date: 1953

Maker: Kloidt, Erich (Artist)

Material: charcoal paper, drawings (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink, charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 247182

Accession Number: 1984.54.68

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of a drawing, a handwritten inscription, a typed inscription, and attached published material

Date: 1953

Maker: Ruegg-Leuthold, Melanie, d. 1986 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247185

Accession Number: 1984.54.70

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage on black paper with with text on three white shapes and two women with clothings made of photographic prints of textiles and yarn

Date: 1953

Maker: Birman-Oestreicher, Lisbeth, 1902-1989 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, paper (fiber product), ink, stamps (tools), prints (visual works)

GUSN: 247186

Accession Number: 1984.54.72

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph depicting an interior setting, mounted on white card with printed inscription below.

Date: 1953

Maker: Sendker, Hendirk, 1906-1968 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247187

Accession Number: 1984.54.75

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a magazine article mounted on green paper, drawing of a house, and an inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Neufert, Ernst, 1900-1986 (Artist)

Material: ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), articles, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247188

Accession Number: 1984.54.77

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on wahite card. Photograph depicts a building with elaborate architectural details; the view is partially obstructed by a sculpture in the foreground of the photograph as well as a garden arch.

Date: 1953

Maker: Breutel, Erich (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247189

Accession Number: 1984.54.78

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white print and handwritten letter set in a single mat. Print depicts a boat on reflective water with celestial object (possibly moon) in the sky above. Print bears inscriptions in pencil in lower left and lower right corners.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hartogh, Rudolf Franz, 1889-1960 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247190

Accession Number: 1984.54.79

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black-and-white photographs mounted on off-white mat with handwritten message in German. Photographs depict carved wooden marionettes.

Date: 1953

Maker: Heymann-Ahlfeld, Marianne, 1905-2003 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247191

Accession Number: 1984.54.80

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Drawing with a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Schreyer, Lothar, 1886-1966 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247192

Accession Number: 1984.54.81

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of an architectural plan mounted on card with handwritten inscription. Image bears the seal of Israel and Hebrew text identifying it as a construction plan of Jerusalem.

Date: 1953

Maker: Probably Weinraub, Munio, 1909-1970 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247193

Accession Number: 1984.54.82

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Printed poster mounted on off-white mat. Poster depicts a sporting arena. Multiple inscriptions on mat in black and brown ink in at least two different hands with possibly three different signatures.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ortner, Rudolf, 1912-1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247194

Accession Number: 1984.54.85

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two colored pencil drawings mounted on off-white mat. Drawing on the left depicts two stylized figures; drawing on the right bears a curled, abstracted design. Pencil inscriptions in the borders of both drawings, as well as one in the lower right hand corner of the mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Levedag, Fritz, 1899-1951 (Artist) Levedag, Maria

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

GUSN: 247195

Accession Number: 1984.54.86

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with one photographic print and two additional prints of a chess set and a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Hartwig, Josef, 1880-1955 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247196

Accession Number: 1984.54.87

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A picture with a black background and four faces in a white paper frame with handwritten inscriptions on left, right, and below picture

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paint (coating), ink

GUSN: 247197

Accession Number: 1984.54.88

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white semicircular photographic print with a handwritten caption and message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hoffmann-Lederer, Mila (Artist)

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

GUSN: 247198

Accession Number: 1984.54.89

Fish Slice

Silver fish slice with engraved foliate scroll and dolphin decoration on blade. Codman bird holding branch emblem engraved on handle.

Date: 1860

Maker: Foster, George B. (Maker)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 225731

Accession Number: 2010.22.2

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments, large blue floral pattern on blue ground. William Morris style. A sample of this paper remains on the wall in the second floor hallway just outside Stephen's bedroom. The wallpaper was found underneath a section of wall that was removed during the 1971-1974 renovations. It pre-d...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225800

Accession Number: 2006.44.3490A-D

Parlor wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments, beige grasscloth. From envelope marked "Paper from #34 at the Restoration". Removed from the Parlor by Betty Phillips during the 1971-1974 restoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225801

Accession Number: 2006.44.3491A-C

Wallpaper fragment

Wallpaper fragment, cream colored grasscloth. Appears to be a modern reproduction.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225802

Accession Number: 2006.44.3492

Brush

Rectangular wood brush with tan, white, and brown horsehair bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), horsehair

GUSN: 225803

Accession Number: 2006.44.3493

Brush

Wooden brush, oval with black horsehair bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), horsehair

GUSN: 225804

Accession Number: 2006.44.3494

Brush

Wooden brush, oval with white horsehair bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), horsehair

GUSN: 225805

Accession Number: 2006.44.3495

Brush

Wooden brush, oval with yellow bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: ebony (wood)

GUSN: 225806

Accession Number: 2006.44.3496

Brush

Wooden brush, oval with yellow bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: ebony (wood)

GUSN: 225807

Accession Number: 2006.44.3497

Coral

White coral rock with feather-like fins. Oblong shape with recessed underside.

Maker: unknown

Material: coral (material)

GUSN: 225808

Accession Number: 2006.44.3498

Hearth brush

Hearth brush, wooden handle with knob end. Bristles missing.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 225809

Accession Number: 2006.44.3499

Bookend

Brass book holder. Two ends connected by brass rods. Abraham Lincoln's face is embossed on each end.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 225810

Accession Number: 2006.44.3500

Box

Box with lid, triangular shape with green lacquer decoration. Gold painted birds and grasses painted on lid. Black lacquer interior and bottom.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225811

Accession Number: 2006.44.3501AB

Bell

Bell, black wooden handle with brass body. Metal clapper.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 225812

Accession Number: 2006.44.3502

Candleholder

Candleholder, oval shape with bent edges, hammered design. Center post with square top holds candle. Curved handle. Painted black.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 225813

Accession Number: 2006.44.3503

Compass

Compass in black metal case. White dial with black numerals and yellow arrows. Circular case has attached brass belt ring.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 225814

Accession Number: 2006.44.3504

Container

Cylindrical wooden container painted with face of a balding man [A-top] wearing a kimono [B-bottom].

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 225815

Accession Number: 2006.44.3505AB

Sea Shell

Half sea shell, interior painted with sunset beach scene. Turtle with shell back and moveable paper feet glued on "beach".

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 225816

Accession Number: 2006.44.3506

Plate

Small, round pewter plate.

Date: 1817-1850

Maker: Calder, William (Pewterer)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal), tin alloy

GUSN: 225918

Accession Number: 1949.148

Manning-Bowman Lightup

Match holder, step pyramid shaped chrome container [a] with removable cardboard insert [b] to hold matches.

Maker: Manning, Bowman & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: chrome steel, cardboard

GUSN: 241371

Accession Number: 2006.44.3507AB

Chest of Drawers

Panelled chest of drawers. Black walnut primary wood with Spanish cedar, white pine, red oak, and tulipwood. Coved cornice attached to edges of top. Joined case with two-panel sides. Drawer fronts composed of boards with applied moldings to simulate panels. X-shaped geometric molding on second ...

Date: 1670-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), eastern white pine (wood), Spanish cedar (wood), American tulipwood (wood), red oak (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 241372

Accession Number: 1971.66

Brass kylin stamp

Rectangular brass stamp with figure of a Chinese kylin [a mythological animal that combines the features of a dragon, lion, deer, and ox] on top. Chinese characters engraved on bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 241373

Accession Number: 2006.44.3508

Harmonica

Harmonica [a], rectangular shape with metal exterior and red striped wooden interior. Original tin box [b] with hinged lid. Box lid printed with blue background, text, and oval medallion of a young man playing the violin.

Maker: unknown

Material: chrome steel, wood (plant material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 241375

Accession Number: 2006.44.3509AB

Holder

Holder, black painted circular tray with vertical rectangular center pieces placed about 3/4" apart. Vertical pieces have painted decoration of four small white flowers connected by green lines. Exact purpose of object is unknown.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paint (coating)

GUSN: 241376

Accession Number: 2006.44.3510

Tobacco tin

Tobacco tin, tall oval shape with hinged lid. Half and Half brand tobacco. Partially used tin contains original paper bag filled with tobacco leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), tobacco (material)

GUSN: 241377

Accession Number: 2006.44.3511

Thermometer

Thermometer mounted on a brass plaque with engraved numbers, plaque attached to wooden base. Small brass ring at top for hanging. Mercury still encased in glass tube.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), mercury, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241378

Accession Number: 2006.44.3512

Flower vase

Flower vase, three small ceramic pots joined together by three winged cherubs. Squat shaped pots with sloping shoulders to circular rim, dark blue glaze. Cherubs have a pale green-blue glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 241379

Accession Number: 2006.44.3513

Arm Chair

Arm chair, Chippendale form with pierced splat. Gothic arch at center top, spiral leaf ears on crest. Marlborough legs and beaded edge. Well-modeled arms with rounded hand holds and curved arm supports with paired volutes. Back legs are chamfered below stretchers on outside front. Serpentine center ...

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: Possibly Short, Joseph, 1771-1819 (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), eastern white pine (wood), cloth

GUSN: 241380

Accession Number: 1966.286

Donald Duck finger puppet

Donald Duck finger puppet. Molded plastic figure of a duck wearing a sailor suit and sailor hat. Suit and hat painted blue, red painted bow tie, beak and feet painted yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 241381

Accession Number: 2006.44.3514

Bottle opener

Bottle opener, open metal oval attached to cylindrical wood handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241382

Accession Number: 2006.44.3515

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