Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, by W. N. Peak, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1976.1.1Description
ACC. NO. 76.1.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900?
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: PALE SALMON COLORED WALLPAPER. SIGNED BY THE MANUFACTURER, W. N. PEAK, ON BORDER. ALSO THE WORD "VOLUTA", 1310, POSSIBLY THE PATTERN NAME. THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF CURLICUES OF UNDULATING LINES, IN VIVID GOLD, AGAINST A PALE SALMON BACKGROUND.
SIZE: (OF SAMPLE) 26" 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 NEWSOM 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
