Name/Title
Wallpaper Sample, York Card & Paper Company, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
1976.1.7Description
ACC, NO. 76.1.7
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOMES OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900
OBJECT: WALLPAPER SAMPLE
DESCRIPTION: CREAMY PINK BACKGROUND, UNDULATING DESIGN OF STYLISTIC LEAVES OF A YELLOW CREAM, ACCENTUATED WITH RUST DOTS. THE PATTERN IS TRIMMED IN SILVER LEAF. BORDER SIGNED YORK CARD & PAPER COMPANY.
SIZE: 30½" 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
