Name/Title
Wallpaper 1410 9th St. Wallpaper, c. 1877Entry/Object ID
2025.44.1Description
Acc. No. 25.44.1 A, B, C
Subject Category: Homes of Alameda, Interior Decoration
Date or Period: 1877
Object: Wallpaper sample
Description: related wallpaper samples, possibly sections of the same design. A. has a dark red background, B appears to have an ombre effect, going from a light tan background to a dark red. On darker areas small four-pointed stars printed, and a floral design is set in ovals with white embellishments, and white scroll decorations around the ovals. An abstracted outline design in moss-green is placed between the ovals. This same design is a lead motif in C, which has otherwise a pale background with moss-green curlicues forming a diamond pattern with circles in the center.
Size: A: L 29 1/2 x W 22 3/4 inches;
B: L 29 x W 15 3/4 inches;
C: L 19 1/2 x W 17 inches
History of Object: Victorian wallpaper removed from 1410 9th (Ninth) Street.
It was kept, awaiting processing, in the museum wallpaper samples storage area.
Donor: Cecilia Wade
Donation Date: unknown
Catalog Date: 3/2/2025
