Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, W. F. & Co., 2767, Ca. 1900Entry/Object ID
1976.1.5Description
ACC. NO. 76.1.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: CREAM OR BEIGE COLOR BACKGROUND. DESIGN CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF CIRCULAR MEDALLIONS, WITH A CENTER OF 4 FLEUR-DE-LIS. THE PATTERN IS IN PALE YELLOW, ACCENTUATED WITH GOLD. SIGNED ON BORDER EDGE, W. F. & Co., 2767
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 BUSSÉ & FAMILY AND OCCUPIED BY THEM UNTIL 1975.
ACQUIRED FROM: NICK & TINA PARODI
DATE: JAN 24, 1976
