Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, Parlor 1219 Oak Street, 1880sEntry/Object ID
1975.17.4Description
ACC, No. 75.17.4
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1880's
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: INTERLACING DESIGN OF FLOWERS ON IVORY BACKGROUND.
ONE SECTION SHOWS ORIGINAL COLOR WHICH WAS NOT EXPOSED TO LIGHT. THE VINES OF THE FLOWERS HAVE A IRIDESCENT SILVER, ACCENTUATED WITH PINK & YELLOW. GIVING A METALLIC EFFECT.
SIZE: 23½" X 17½".
HISTORY OF OBJECT: ORIGINAL WALLPAPER FROM 1219 OAK STREET, ALAMEDA. EXPOSED WHEN THE FIREPLACE WAS REMOVED FROM PARLOR WALL. UNDER THE PAPER WAS FOUND WRITTEN IN SCRIPT IN PENCIL ON THE WHITE PLASTER, THE SIGNATURE OF W. P. CLARK, ALAMEDA, CALIF. LATER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THIS TO BE A CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER IN ALAMEDA, OF THE 1880's, THE HOMES 1219 & 1217 OAK, ITALIANATE VICTORIAN COTTAGES, CIRCA 1882-86. WERE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL,
ACQUIRED FROM: GEORGE GUNN, CURATOR
DATE: JULY 19, 1975
