Name/Title
Frame of wood and twine, created by William Ebert, Master Mariner, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2003.101.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.101.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: MARITIME
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJECT: FRAME
DESCRIPTION: A FRAME, WITH A WOODEN FORM COMPLETELY COVERED IN WOVEN MACRAME-STYLED TWINE. CENTER OF FRAME HAS AN OVAL SHAPED MAT CONSISTING OF KNOTS.
SIZE: L 28" X W 26"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A FRAME CREATED BY WILLIAM EBERT, MASTER MARINER OF 1517 FIFTH STREET, ALAMEDA. AT ONE TIME MR. EBERT WAS FIRST MATE FOR THE PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY. HE DIED ABOARD THE SHIP IN EITHER 1913 OR 1914. HE HAD MARRIED HENRIETTA DENKE, WIDOW OF A R DENKE, BUILDER. ACCORDING TO FAMILY HISTORY, 1517 FIFTH STREET WAS BUILT BY A. R. DENKE. THE FRAME, WHICH ORIGINALLY CONTAINED A PORTRAIT OF CAPT. WM EBERT, HUNG IN THE DINING ROOM OF THEIR HOME. THE FRAME WAS DONATED BY GORDON EBERT WHO IS 96 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN IN THE FIFTH STREET HOME. HE WAS SON OF WILLIAM AND FATHER OF THE DONOR. GORDON'S DAUGHTER BROUGHT THE FRAME TO THE ALAMEDA MUSEUM.
DONOR: JAN EBERT REYNOLDS,
SAN JOSE, CA.
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 8, 2003