Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, Robert S. Hobbs & Co, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1976.1.6Description
ACC. NO. 76.1.6
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: STYLISTIC DANDELION PATTERN OF UNDULATING LEAF LIKE DESIGN, WITH CREAMY PALE ORANGE BACKGROUND. SIGNED ON BORDER, ROBERT S. HOBBS & CO. SIZE: 32½" X 20"
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
