Name/Title
Pencil tracings or patterns for china decorations used by Elizabeth Thomas, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1985.51.1Scope and Content
Acc. No. 85.51.1 through 51.1-16
Subject Category: Artists
Date or Period. Circa 1900
Object: Patterns (china)
Description: Pencil tracings or patterns on tissue & tracing paper.
Various sizes. Some of the tracings include the color scheme to be used.
History of Object: Tracings & patterns used in decorating china by Elizabeth Thomas of 1405 Caroline Street, Alameda.
History: The following collection of items originally belonged to Elizabeth Thomas of 1405 Caroline Street, Alameda. Miss. Thomas was a professional china painter who not only painted but fired her own work in a kiln that was located in the basement of the family home. The house served as her studio and residence. Extant examples of Miss. Thomas' work display skill, good color sense, and heavy use of gold for trim. Her work is unsigned. The Thomas family occupied 1405 Caroline Street from 1895 to 1981.
Acquired from: Victoria Boddington
Date: 10-26-85