Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, by Consolidated, W. P. Co., N.Y., c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1976.1.2Description
ACC. NO. 76.1.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: PAPER SIGNED ON BORDER "CONSOLIDATED, W. P. CO. N. Y., PALE CREAM BACKGROUND. THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF MEDALLIONS OF CLASSICAL DESIGN, WITH A PALE PINK FLOWER AND GREEN LEAVES FOR A CENTER.
SIZE: 20" X 16"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THIS WALLPAPER WAS FOUND IN THE ATTIC OF 1523 MOZART STREET, ALAMEDA. A VICTORIAN EASTLAKE STYLE COTTAGE. BUILT IN 1885, FOR OTTO BREMER, A SAN FRANCISCO GUNSMITH, BY DENIS STRAUB, BUILDER, ALAMEDA. DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEWSOM BROTHERS, ARCHITECTS, SAN FRANCISCO. IN 1913 THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO OSCAR BUSSE & FAMILY AND OCCUPIED BY THEM UNTIL 1975.
ACQUIRED FROM: NICK & TINA PARODI
DATE: JAN 24, 1976
