Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, 1523 Mozart Street, c. 1906Entry/Object ID
1976.1.3Description
ACC, NO. 76.1.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1906?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: CLASSICAL MOTIF OF THE 18th CENTURY. PALE PINK DESIGN, LINED IN GOLD, AGAINST A CREAM BACKGROUND. THE PAPER HAS A SHIMMERING EFFECT, RESEMBLING MOIRE SILK.
SIZE: 39" 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 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
