Name/Title
Sample Wallpaper by Gilbert, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1975.17.3Description
ACC. NO. 75.17.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900'S?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: PATTERN CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF DABS, ALMOST AS IF APPLIED BY SPONGE. IN COLORS OF GREY & WHITE. WITH SMALL HALF CURVED LINES OF DEEP RED. ON THE RIGHT HAND BORDER OF THE PAPER IS THE MANUFACTURER'S NAME, "GILBERT".
HISTORY OF OBJECT: SAMPLE OF UNUSED WALLPAPER FOUND IN THE ATTIC OF
1219 OAK STREET. A VICTORIAN COTTAGE IN THE ITALIANATE STYLE. CIRCA 1882-86. THE COTTAGE, ONE OF TWO DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL, WAS TO BE SPARED. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THEM CAME TO LATE. THE HOME (ONE OF THREE) IS ATTRIBUTED TO W. P. CLARK, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER, (LISTED IN THE CITY DIRECTORY FOR ALAMEDA, AS LIVING ON SANTA CLARA AVENUE BETWEEN CHESTNUT & LAFAYETTE).
ACQUIRED FROM: GEORGE GUNN, CURATOR
DATE: JULY 19, 1975
