Name/Title
Wallpaper samples 1710 Walnut, c. 1865Entry/Object ID
2025.46.1Description
Acc. No. 25.46.1 A, B
Subject Category: Homes of Alameda, Interior Decoration
Date or Period: c. 1865
Object: Wallpaper sample
Description: Two sections of a wallpaper, with design of silver-and-grey roses on a white-stippled brown reddish background. Back has old newspapers, which presumably prevented old glue from sticking to other things but may have darkened the sample.
Sizes: A (approx.) L 18 x W 8 1/4 inches;
B (approx.) L 17 1/2 x W 9 3/4 inches
History of Object: Victorian wallpaper samples removed from 1710 Walnut Street, erected 1865-1866, moved to present location 1902.
The samples were found, awaiting processing, in the museum wallpaper samples storage area.
Donor: unknown
Donation Date: unknown
Catalog Date: 3/2/2025
