Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, Forest trees with Gold dots, 1900Entry/Object ID
1976.1.9Description
ACC. NO. 76.1.9
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA.
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: UNUSUAL MURAL PAPER, SHOWING CLUSTERS OF FOREST TREES IN LOVELY SHADES OF GREEN, THE COLOR FLOWS IN A WATER COLOR OR PASTEL LOKE EFFECT. OVER THE SURFACE OF THE PAPER IS PRINTED A MAT OF GOLD DOTS. HOLDING THE PAPER TO A DISTANCE, THE GOLD FUSES TOGETHER GIVING THE EFFECT THAT THE PAPER IS EMBOSSED OR IS A FABRIC COMPOSITION, SUCH AS NEEDLE POINT OR TAPESTRY.
SIZE: 39" X 26"
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 NEWS OM 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
