Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, Dining room, 1209 Central Ave, Ca. 1915Entry/Object ID
1975.26.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.26.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: BORDER PAPER, IN SHADES OF BROWN ON BEIGE BACKGROUND. ROSES IN CENTER PANEL WITH HEAVY BORDER VARIEGATED WITH BROWN STRIPES.
SIZE: 15" X 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BORDER PAPER REMOVED FROM THE DINING ROOM OF 1209 CENTRAL AVENUE, ALAMEDA. A TWO STORY QUEEN ANNE RESIDENCE, BUILT BEFORE 1890. THE PAPER WAS FOUND AFTER THE FALSE CEILING OF THE DINING ROOM WAS REMOVED, EXPOSING THE OLD WALLPAPER. THE PANEL WAS GLUED OVER THE WALLPAPER AS A CONTRASTING PATTERN, BELOW THE PICTURE MOLDING. A CUSTOM OF THE TIME.
ACQUIRED FROM: GEORGE GUNN, CURATOR
DATE: SEPT 27, 1975
