Name/Title
Curtain rod finial from the Dwinelle Residence, 1272 Weber, c. 1880s-1890sEntry/Object ID
2000.333.1Description
ACC. NO. 00.333.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1880's-1890's
OBJECT: FINIAL CURTAIN ROD
DESCRIPTION:
LATHE-TURNED WOODEN FINIAL, MISSING SCREW. WALNUT-STAINED FINISH. SPECIES OF WOOD UNKNOWN.
SIZE: H 5-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
CURTAIN ROD FINIAL FROM THE CAROLINE DWINELLE RESIDENCE, 1272 WEBER STREET, ALAMEDA (NOW DEMOLISHED). MRS DWINELLE WAS THE WIDOW OF TWO PROMINENT HISTORICAL FIGURES. HER FIRST HUSBAND, W W CHIPMAN, WAS THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. HER SECOND HUSBAND, SENATOR JOHN DWINELLE, WAS AN ILLUSTRIOUS POLITICIAN, ETC.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ROSCOE AND D'ARCY HAMILTON
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 04, 2000Interpretative Labels
Label
1/19/2021 MvL: current sign:
DRAPERY ROD FINIALS
A collection of lathe-turned finials from the residence of Caroline Dwinelle on Weber St., Alameda.
Caroline, the widow of W.W. Chipman, co-founder of the City of Alameda, later married John Dwinelle, a member of the State Assembly who became an initial Regent of the University of California.
